Detours

"Detours" is such a delightful journey! Tara Westwood and Carlo Fiorletta blend so well together as daughter and father, rising up from sad life events to rediscover joy in themselves and one another as they take a car trip and head trip together. As sweet as bubble gum bubbles, this film is a wonderful bouquet of two strong leads interacting with many guest stars -- some very well known -- all adding sassy spice, humor, and warmth, often all at the same time. Kudos to the film makers, actors, and everyone associated with this production!

I saw "Detours" at the Long Island International Film Expo along with two short films. While I enjoyed the shorts, I was blown away by "Detours". It's one of those films that hook you from the beginning and make you feel like you're a part of it, as if you're sharing a living room, kitchen, car adventure or meal with the players.

I'd seen Tara Westwood in "Surviving Family" and loved her performance there, but she won me over even more so in "Detours". Though her character's trials & tribulations here weren't things I have exactly been though, her performance made me feel her angst as well as her jubilation.

Her dad, played by Carlo Fiorletta, was both sympathetic and funny as hell. His humor, though, would come out of nowhere and be understated, making situations even funnier. In the end, though, it was his character's relationship with Westwood's that "made" the film. It was like they were real-life father & daughter (they're not).

I'm hopeful that there will be a sequel, because this is one family, albeit a two-person one, with whom I've love to spend more tears & laughs.

Ever since I watched "Surviving Family" written by Mara Lesemann, I knew I had to watch "Detours." She and her crew did a tremendous job on the previous film, I knew this one would be a success.

What a great film. An adventure full of love and laughter that many can relate too.

Dialogue felt really natural and I love the GPS, the motel clerk, and the cop. I usually don't laugh out loud but I did.

Overall, it's a great film, very enjoyable, and I'm sure it's on its way to winning some awards.

Keep up the great job Mara, looking forward to see more of your work.

Detours is a pleasant chic flick. My wife laughed and choked up at the touching scenes.

We both thought it had potential to be much more but the terrible direction spoiled it. Characters were constantly saying their lines as if they were reading a chart at the eye doctor. Dan's inflections seemed like he was in a different movie. He often smiled for no reason. Same for all the other characters that popped up The cop, the boyfriend, the girlfriends all were monotone, without energy or context.

It was Tara Westwood that kept us interested. She was funny and charming and sexy.

Here we go again with the biased reviews from people that will only review one movie in their entire IMDb career, friends of friends from the cast or somebody else that worked on the movie, in other words fake reviews. Detours isn't that good, it's mediocre at best. It started a tiny bit interesting but you realize pretty soon this is going nowhere, or at least nothing interesting anymore. The acting is obviously from people with no experience at all, none of them will ever win an Oscar, I can guarantee you that. The cinematography wasn't really great either, it looked amateuristic but it's passable. The story is just too slow and boring, and by the end you just wonder why they make a movie like this one. There are good indies but this one isn't one of them.