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The Art of Travel

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The Art of Travel (2008)

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Reviews Counted:8

Fresh:5

Rotten:3

Average Rating:5.3/10

Genre: Dramas

Starring: Christopher Masterson, Brooke Burns, Johnny Messner, James Duval

Starring: Christopher Masterson, Brooke Burns, Johnny Messner, James Duval, Shalim Ortiz, Jake Muxworthy, Danny Trejo, Alexandra Breckenridge, Maria Conchita Alonso

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...director Thomas Whelan embraces the wanderlust spirit in this enjoyable if uneven film, whose qualities often reflect the television background of most of its cast.

Full Review Source: Reeling Reviews | comment Comment
09/03/08
Laura Clifford
Laura Clifford
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The use of such locales as Bolivia, Nicaragua, Panama and Peru adds to the exotic flavor of the film.

Full Review Source: Reeling Reviews | comment Comment
09/02/08
Robin Clifford
Robin Clifford
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Part The Graduate, part Fitzcarraldo, The Art of Travel is a tribute to living on the road less traveled. Filmed entirely on location, it offers a more rounded portrayal of culture outside of the standard Hollywood clichés

Full Review Source: Movie Views | comment Comment
08/18/08
Ryan Cracknell
Ryan Cracknell
Movie Views

Overacted and overblown, pic will underwhelm commercially, with theatrical perhaps limited to friends and family.

Full Review Source: Variety | comment Comment
06/19/08
John Anderson
John Anderson
Variety
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It's a sturdy directorial job for a difficult movie; one that wants to spread the idea of travel as the ultimate cotton swab of life, but also engages in good times to keep the less spiritually open audience members awake.

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05/15/08
Brian Orndorf
Brian Orndorf
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Travel is an ambitious, involving and extensive travelogue that challenges the imagination. [A] feasible fable that allows one to remain contemplative and connected

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05/06/08
Frank Ochieng
Frank Ochieng
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...cloying and a structural mess

Full Review Source: OC Weekly | comment Comment
04/28/08
Luke Y. Thompson
Luke Y. Thompson
OC Weekly

It's too bad that there isn't a documentary about the making of The Art of Travel since that would undoubtedly make for an interesting movie.

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03/10/08
Steve Rhodes
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