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

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06/19/08
John Anderson
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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.

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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.

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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

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08/18/08
Ryan Cracknell
Ryan Cracknell
Movie Views

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
Movie Eye

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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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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...cloying and a structural mess

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04/28/08
Luke Y. Thompson
Luke Y. Thompson
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