Down the Road Again

I loved this charming, quintessentially Canadian movie. I haven't yet seen the first one but am definitely planning on it now. I loved Betty, with her hard boiled edge, hanging up on Pete and closing the door in his face. Pete's humble, patient attitude prevailed despite the successive plot twists and perhaps helped me to believe the unbelievable.

Some cynics might dismiss this movie as being too poignant but they're making a mistake because it shows how easy acceptance and forgiveness can be. This movie deserves a lot more recognition. I hope that over the years, it will become a classic must see for Canadians.

I can't understand why more of Donald Shebibs' movies are not readily available on DVD. I saw this one today and had to drive all the way to the Kanata Cinemas to see it. Disgraceful, that a film like this doesn't get better distribution.

This is a great sequel to a Canadian Classic. Often sequels just don't come up to the mark, but this one has got a great story and nearly all of the cast from the first film reprise their roles.

I'm very glad that this film was made. Too bad most Canadians will never see it nor even hear of it.

I'm disgusted with the way Canadian films are (non) distributed in this country.

If you can appreciate the original then you will love this film. If you didn't like the original then there is little point in seeing this one.

I liked this movie. I enjoyed seeing some of the original cast members continue the story of the original film. A simple, if somewhat Dickensian story line, with a made in Canada feel. I think some part of me hoped for the look and feel of the original, i.e. low budget, grainy, gritty story. But probably not realistic to assume the director would try to capture the feel of the original, technology has changed too much. Loved seeing the same actors gather to finish the story they started so many years ago--though the time-lines seem a bit off if the original was 40-odd years ago wouldn't the "young" actors be playing people in their 40s?

We Canadians need to tell ourselves our stories. This is a good one and worth seeing with the original. More Don Shebib please, more of his DVD's, more main stream Canadian cinema.

I am from Oshawa and find it interesting when she wants to go with Pete to Nova Scotia she says she needs a ride to Oshawa and then tells him it was a ruse and would not go to Oshawa if you paid her. I had meant Joey and Pete in a pub in bloor and yonge (moishe tavern Haden street) in 1971 area and beat them in a game of table shuffleboard. Pete like the movie did not like to lose and threw a beer glass at me. It missed me and was funny.

I deserved it since I was a bad winner as well and rubbed it in.

I moved to Oshawa in 1988 so that reference to Oshawa was also funny.

I really enjoyed the movie and it was hard to get but found it thru Amazon.

I'm so glad that this film was made. This was a beautiful way to revisit the original story. So often, our mistakes in life are left unresolved, our broken relationships stay broken, and our old wounds are still sensitive when touched upon. Too easily, we turn away and refuse to visit the past. Pete would never have made that trip back east, if it weren't for Joey's death. Yet, he did, because of his loyalty to his lifelong friend. The sequel gives us new information which adds much for understanding the motivations of Pete and Joey in the original story. This movie illustrates, how, when you take a risk and revisit your past, it could lead to a new beginning. Wonderful performances from the actors in this film, old and young, make this not only an affectionate homage to the original film, but a meditation on the passage of time, on facing one's past, reinterpreting it, renewing old relationships, and making new ones.