Sacramento

Fondly remembered as Jack McFarland's son Elliott on "Will & Grace", Michael Angarano not only stars in this surprisingly adept 2025 road comedy, but he also directed and co-wrote the screenplay with Chris Smith. It runs a fleet 84 minutes, but Angarano manages to fit in quite a packed story about two boyhood friends who had become estranged as they moved on different tracks into their thirties. Angarano plays extroverted Rickey, perennially unreliable to Michael Cera's emotionally uptight Glenn. Upon Rickey's incessant cajoling, they take a road trip from LA to Sacramento, while Glenn's practical-minded wife Rosie awaits the arrival of their first baby. The shenanigans are somewhat predictable with the reemergence of their alpha male energy resuscitating their former bond. While Rickey's true motivations for the trip eventually become clearer, Glenn deals with his increasing anxiety over pending fatherhood which leads to an unexpected seriocomic plot turn. Angarano and Cera are both dexterous in their roles, though Cera teeters on caricature based on his own nerdy screen persona. Maya Erskine brings an earthy appeal to Rickey's put-upon girlfriend Tallie, while Kristen Stewart makes the most of her limited screen time and steals the picture as Rosie.

A very good buddy movie yet I understand the ratings/ mixed reviews it's a pretty good chill movie I'm glad I saw an 8:05 showing at stonecrest Charlotte. Micheal Cera and other great cast were pretty good even with tempers, focused on baby's and 2 buddies on a random road trip.

I enjoyed most of this probably not a theater type much and was gassy most of the time for some reason that was uncomfortable. I like the charming buddy style it's not much like others kinda sad mixed with great dialogue of banter that helped a lot and adult maturity that was nice. Been a long day overall great experience would definitely recommend regardless of anything!

In likeable buddy dramedy "Sacramento" troubled Michael Angarano (terrific) tricks estranged Los Angeles pal Michael Cera (who has issues of his own - including heavily pregnant wife Kristen Stewart) into a 380 mile road-trip to Sacramento (duh)... for reasons that become apparent downstream. Maya Erskine & AJ Mendez offer good support, and 8yrs after his writer / director debut ("Avenues") Angarano again writes & directs, doing well, especially with the screenplay (co-written with first-timer Christopher Nicholas Smith) that may have too many similarities to "Sideways" to be truly original, but is still enjoyable & engaging. A good movie - props to Angarano.

I'll admit, this movie's opening sequence was a bit too quirky for me (if you've seen Pen15 with Maya Erskine, it basically had that vibe and I will admit, an entire movie of that was not what I wanted). I felt justified in feeling this way after the first few minutes as well, as we see Michael Cera's Glenn struggle with anxiety and his wife Rosie (Kristen Stewart - who looks stunning this movie; that's all I can say) express anguish about taking care of his neurosis whilst also being pregnant.

And then, I think the film settles down, finds its groove and comes together. It's not quirky for the sake of it, there's a purpose. It's a film that really nails Milennial angst about growing up and "adulting", feel unprepared and not knowing how to express that in a world that is constantly rolling its eyes as you. It's also a movie about male friendship and vulnerability and a surprisingly nuanced one at that.

It's also just a lot of fun. Michael Angarano's Rickey is great and really captures the raw, childlike magnetism that you could see some people either really enjoying or being very annoyed by. He and Michael Cera have fantastic chemistry and honestly, this might be the single best Cera performance I've seen.

There's a point in this movie and I don't know if its the makeup or what, but you can really see him mentally breaking down at certain points and its just all over his face. Cera honestly puts forth a powerhouse performance that touches upon his very particular and peculiar strengths, but also expands the scope of his performance. The final scene with Maya Erskine's Tallie (who, as expected delivers a really strong comedic and tragic performance), Rickey, and Glenn is just cringe comic gold.

On top of all of that, Sacramento is a love letter to a city that's often overlooked and derided. It's not the sort of place that's "life changing trip" material, but maybe that's the point. Like the film that bears its name, Sacramento is way better than you'd think and is worth diving into.

It took me a little while to get into the vibe of 'Sacramento' but once I did it became very enjoyable. It's a similar movie in a lot of ways to 'A Real Pain'. Every character looks like they are carrying the weight of the world on their shoulders, but trying their best to hide it.

The humour in the film is what takes some adjusting to. It is extremely dry. Once you adjust and start vibing with it though there are some very funny moments it has to be said.

Michael Cera was born to plays roles like this. I'm not even sure if he's acting half the time, or whether they just started filming him on break and worked it into the story. This one was a nice surprise. 7/10.