The film is aimed at a cab driver with many struggles. There is the sense that life was normal, and then scenarios went south. The realism of changes over time lingers with meaning. Road to Everywhere is a challenging and engaging journey. Directed by Michael Shoob, I found a level of deepness with Road to Everywhere. That is because I always feel that films aimed at car rides or road trips create moments of characterizations to evolve. Many do “evolve” with purpose in Road to Everywhere. Moments of the past have cinematography of color, and the present is black-and-white—the tonal elements in the cinematography tune in audiences with real-time on a parallel level of spellbinding grandeur.

 

The film’s main character is Jason Schuyler, and he is played by Whip Hubley. He is a cab driver with lots of struggles. He is divorced, has a strange relationship with his son, his son’s wife, and his life continues to have deficits. He spends countless nights driving people to locations just to help him get over and keep up with his financial burdens. The biggest one though is that he is trying to help his ex-wife with medical bills after a car accident. His ex-wife is Rachel, and she is played by Diane DiLascio. 

 

The film continuously focuses on the angels of stress—it does well at capturing the emotions of Hubley’s performance. He plays the role as a disgruntled individual so well, and audiences will connect to his role as a human being. I felt that way with Road to Everywhere. Jason’s life begins to see a light when he meets Jake. Jake is played by Robert Mirabal. Jake is a shady casino dealer and gambler. Jake asks Jason to drive him to Navajo Nation in Arizona. The drive is from Los Angeles to Arizona. Jake wants to reconnect with his family. Jake also wants to see his grandson participate in Rodeo. This is a drive where both adults will share a journey of hard emotions and tolerance. They will share the essence of struggles. 

 

Road to Everywhere creates the mode where being on the road is the open book for many topics. Jake begins to go into detail about his marriage problems with Jason, and Jason begins to open up as well. At the same time though, they share frustrations along the way. Jason presents most “frustration” because he is the driver pulling all his weight. The writing of the film is top-notch in displaying how hard tolerance can truly be. Especially for a cab driver doing a drive at this length. The deserts create the tones of solitude—there is lots of ground to cover with so many lands of emptiness in the rough journey. 

 

Road to Everywhere is deep and heartfelt. Dark with turmoil but fully presents realism. I adore the usage of the lighting—the past and present context helps change gears in this film where the writing may have a bipolar approach. At moments too emotional, but also still a solid work-of-art. Three-and-a-half out of four stars.