''Detours'' is a 2016 road-trip

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about a newly single New Yorker who must relocate to Florida for a new job; she travels south with her widowed father and her mother’s ashes in a coffee can. ''Detours'' was directed by Robert McCaskill from a script by Mara Lesemann (additionally known for ''

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. Cerveris also contributed several original songs to the soundtrack. ''Detours'' premiered at the Sunscreen Film Festival on April 30, 2016, and was released on Amazon Prime on November 25, 2016.

Plot

''Detours'' is the story of a father and daughter who are both starting over, one after the death of a spouse and the other after a divorce. When Jennifer Giraldi (Tara Westwood) visits her father (Carlo Fiorletta) to announce she is relocating to start a new career, she realizes her father has not left the house since the death of his wife (Kim Director), except for bare necessities, and he has yet to dispose of her mother’s ashes. Jennifer realizes she has lost touch with her dad despite being geographically close. She convinces Dan to tackle the relocation with her and her automated friend, Joe, her GPS with above-average artificial intelligence.

Cast

* Tara Westwood as Jennifer Giraldi * Carlo Fiorletta as Dan Giraldi *

as Joe DiMaria *

as Sam Jacobson *

as Bob O’Connor *

as Grace Giraldi *

as Annie Delaney * Deirdre O’Connell as Beth * Vanessa Aspillaga as Megan O’Malley *

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as Tom McKinnon

Production

''Detours'' was shot over 20 days in September and October 2014. Interiors were shot in New Jersey and New York City. Exteriors were shot in

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; and Saint Petersburg,

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Soundtrack

The score for ''Detours'' was created by Andre Fratto, and featured several original songs.

Release

''Detours'' premiered at the Sunscreen Film Festival in Saint Petersburg, Florida, on April 30, 2016. It subsequently screened at the Golden Door Film Festival in Jersey City, New Jersey. ''Detours'' received positive reviews from critics: Florida feature editor Jennifer Heit praised the film, saying, “With much candor and a touch of whimsy, ''Detours'' explores the issues all of us grapple with - grief, rejection, insecurity - while showing how even just a kernel of hope helps manage life's inevitable messiness.” Richard Propes of ''The Independent Critic'' gave the film three stars, calling it “the kind of film that proves to be popular on the indie fest circuit by telling a story so seldom seen in the multiplexes these days.”

Home media

''Detours'' was released on Amazon Prime on November 25, 2016. TubiTV was added in March 2020 and Plex in May 2021.Detours on Plex
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Awards and nominations

References

External links

* {{IMDb title, 3625136, Detours 2016 films 2010s comedy road movies American comedy road movies Films about artificial intelligence Films shot in New Jersey 2016 comedy films 2010s English-language films 2010s American films