Well lets see... the movie was ok, extremely predictable but generally a pretty good message it gets across. I hated the fact that the characters were such extreme stereotypes. John (the male lead, played by a no-way-in-hell does he look 28, Bricken Meyer) is such an extremist and of course he must have every single liberal stereotype: lives in San Francisco, is vegetarian, won't buy middle eastern gas, etc. etc. etc. Chloe (the awesome Canadian playing an American trying to become a Canadian, Anna Paquin) is a generally more likable character because unlike the rest of the characters, she is not so damn opinionated. I am actually extremely glad that this was not a mainstream film because any republican from my hometown would be like "see this is why liberals are horrible people blah blah blah". I really think I disliked most how obnoxious the characters were, John's father was so loud and irrational that I about stopped that movie. Also ok spoiler alert, the fact that in the end scene he ends up running for Senator so much credibility, for one I would not want him as my senator and I am an extremely liberal person and secondly sure I don't know how long she was in prison for but assuming it wasn't long he is not old enough and in my opinion by him doing that it makes the message seem sideways, its like I went to Canada and now I'm back and I'm just going to continue in my radical ways. Wow it seems like I liked this movie less than I thought. Though let me just say the one solid factor of the film was it's soundtrack, Iron and Wine, Wilco, and Dr. Dog are just a few of the artists chosen to bring this movie out of a bit of a ditch.
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