An unlikely friendship between two misfit neighbors becomes an unexpectedly emotional journey when the younger man is diagnosed with terminal cancer.An unlikely friendship between two misfit neighbors becomes an unexpectedly emotional journey when the younger man is diagnosed with terminal cancer.An unlikely friendship between two misfit neighbors becomes an unexpectedly emotional journey when the younger man is diagnosed with terminal cancer.
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- TriviaThe red car that they take on the road trip contains the letters DNR which stands for Do Not Resuscitate. This is a legal order to allow natural death.
- GoofsA scene at the beginning of the film shows Michael looking at a forum at a cancer research website. The address bar comes into frame revealing the address to be //Users/AngelJHerrera/Desktop/Puns/ micheal%20screens/Living%20With%20Terminal%20Illness.pdf. Revealing it is not a website and is a PDF file. The user, Angel Herrera, is the production designer of the film.
- ConnectionsFeatured in Conan: Ray Romano (2019)
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Written by Rohan Robert Stevenson
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Probably one of the best depictions of male friendship on film, albeit a brutal assault on the emotions. But really, what do you expect from a cancer flick?
'Paddleton' felt incredibly realistic and authentic, perhaps in part to no dialogue being in the script. It really helped Duplass and Romano share an excellent onscreen chemistry - the latter who delivers what I consider the best performance of his career.
It made me laugh and its ability to find humour in the darkest of human experiences is something special. The film meanders along at its own pace, with occasional simple moments feeling devastatingly powerful at times - an untouched piece of pizza, a wristwatch alarm clock.
Despite all the great things about 'Paddleton', I just felt super depressed afterwards and that it perhaps didn't quite hit the mark for being something truly amazing.
"Fly to.. where guys don't hover, because that's where I live"
'Paddleton' felt incredibly realistic and authentic, perhaps in part to no dialogue being in the script. It really helped Duplass and Romano share an excellent onscreen chemistry - the latter who delivers what I consider the best performance of his career.
It made me laugh and its ability to find humour in the darkest of human experiences is something special. The film meanders along at its own pace, with occasional simple moments feeling devastatingly powerful at times - an untouched piece of pizza, a wristwatch alarm clock.
Despite all the great things about 'Paddleton', I just felt super depressed afterwards and that it perhaps didn't quite hit the mark for being something truly amazing.
"Fly to.. where guys don't hover, because that's where I live"
- maccas-56367
- Feb 21, 2019
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- Runtime1 hour 29 minutes
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- 2.00 : 1
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