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film written and directed by

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in his directorial debut. The film stars Green and Breckin Meyer alongside Brenda Song, Clare Grant, Kedar Williams-Stirling, Rose Williams,

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, and

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. It was released on June 7, 2019, by Gravitas Ventures.

Plot

While a troubled man goes through a personal crisis, he meets up with his estranged friend in Thailand.

Cast

as Brandon * Breckin Meyer as Dan * Brenda Song as Pen *

as Ian * Clare Grant as Dory *

as Martin * Rose Williams as Emma * Kedar Williams-Stirling as Marc

Production

The film was announced on June 21, 2017. It marks the feature directorial debut of

, who also stars in the film alongside Breckin Meyer,

, Brenda Song, Clare Grant, Rose Williams, Kedar Williams-Stirling and

. Filming in

Thailand Thailand, officially the Kingdom of Thailand and historically known as Siam (the official name until 1939), is a country in Southeast Asia on the Mainland Southeast Asia, Indochinese Peninsula. With a population of almost 66 million, it spa ...

began that same week.

Patrick Stump Patrick Martin Stumph (born April 27, 1984), known professionally as Patrick Vaughn Stump, is an American singer, songwriter, musician, and record producer. He is the lead vocalist and rhythm guitarist of the Rock music, rock band Fall Out Boy ...

, who composed the film score, has an uncredited cameo appearance as an airline passenger in the film's opening scene.

Release

In March 2019, Gravitas Ventures acquired distribution rights to the film and set it for a June 7, 2019 release.

Reception

Rotten Tomatoes Rotten Tomatoes is an American review aggregator, review-aggregation website for film and television. The company was launched in August 1998 by three undergraduate students at the University of California, Berkeley: Senh Duong, Patrick Y. Lee ...

, the film has an approval rating of 56% based on 9 reviews with an average rating of 6.10/10. On

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, it has a score of 42 out of 100, based on four critics, indicating "mixed or average" reviews.

References

External links

* 2019 films Films set in Thailand Films shot in Thailand 2019 directorial debut films 2019 comedy-drama films American comedy-drama films 2010s English-language films 2010s American films English-language comedy-drama films {{2010s-US-drama-film-stub