Actor William H. Macy (Boogie Nights) makes his directorial debut with the low-key drama, Rudderless. Billy Crudup (Watchmen) plays Sam; a successful ad executive who's life seems to be right on track, he has a loving wife and a song writing son in college. After closing a business deal, Sam invites his son out for drinks, only to find out that a shooting has taken place at the school he goes to and that he's one of the many people killed. Sam's life goes downhill, turning to the bottle and in the process losing his job and wife. Two years later, he's living on a boat and loathing in misery. Going through his son's things he finds old demo tapes of songs he recorded. Wanting to honor his memory, Sam goes to a local club and sings his songs on an open mic catching the ear of Quentin (Anton Yelchin) a young man roughly his son's age. Following him home, Quentin begs Sam to start a band with Sam as the writer. Lawrence Fishburn, Selena Gomez and Felicity Huffman fill out the supporting cast. The DVD is rather bare bones with deleted scenes and a music video. Rudderless may be a movie that will be forgotten as time goes, but those who catch it will find a nice, little indie film with a lot of heart and good music.
Review of Rudderless
