She's in Portland

2020

Action / Comedy / Drama

7
Rotten Tomatoes Critics - Certified Fresh 67% · 15 reviews
Rotten Tomatoes Audience - Spilled 57%
IMDb Rating 5.8/10 10 735 735

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Plot summary

Two college friends, now in their thirties, admire each others' lives and feel trapped in their own. Wes, tied to a demanding career and responsibilities to family, extends a work trip to drag his dispirited artist friend Luke to find Luke's "one that got away."

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Minka Kelly as Sarah
Flula Borg as Sev
Ricco Ross as Paul
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1 hr 41 min
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1 hr 41 min
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Movie Reviews

Reviewed by R T 10 / 10

Deeply important. One for the dreamers

Deeply important. One for the dreamers.
Reviewed by Ken M 8 / 10

A gem of a movie. In it, a

A gem of a movie. In it, a man convinces his best friend from his college years to agree to ride with him up the California coast to Portland with the promise that the friend's first love, and a possible life together with her, are there. The former is shut in on himself, driven by a purpose and mission he is unable to share; the latter is his sentimental, emotionally connected and vulnerable other half. Ultimately, the approach of secrecy and suppressed emotions fails the former and he is forced to open up to his emotionally intelligent friend. After already making some hard choice to undo some of his potentially damaging choices, he finally becoming vulnerable, accepts his friend's support and heads home to try something new: be honest and hopefully save his marriage. Meanwhile, the emotionally intelligent friend keeps going to Portland, his heart flush with hope.
Reviewed by Kyle M 7 / 10

A scenic route with a buddy or relative

A scenic route with a buddy or relative in tow familiarly fills the space and time towards your destination with both ways there and back differentiates in conversational scenery. Transition that realism into a filmic narrative would find the involved characters’ respective outlooks in life changed when one way deepens the unfolding perspective and the other, mainly not shown except grasping the idea, shows their accepted preparation in life. Some films are subversive spins on the basis routine with insightfully sought reflective or/and observative intrigue or packed with scenic potential to back up the story. “She’s in Portland” has shown that, in worn, lesser substance. The film talks of reunion and life choices, as well as the social impacts to an extent. Wes is a businessman with family responsibilities but finds it mundane and thirst for a change. After he and his wife attended a college reunion and ran into an old flame that absentee Luke, his best friend, had fallen for, Wes decided to reignite the fire between the two. He thinks this is what Luke needs after noticing how much of a slump he’s in without a solid direction in life, so after turning around his reluctance they travel along the California coast to find “the one that got away”. Unbeknownst to both, the journey evaluates their choices in unforeseen confrontations that’ll personally sink in, pondering if it’s too late to change course and how they can live with it. It's not your ordinary buddy road trip with amusing shenanigans that doesn’t naturally flow comedically, but it remains subversively average by reflection and eventual drama. Marc Carlini showcased his creative command in his feature-length debut’s stretched format with obligatory genericity and promotion as indicated by the indecisive transition of the film’s two halves. The first half shines as a brochure of the Pacific Northwest coastline being mistaken by well-captured scenery, till the dramatically rushed second half whereas inner perils come to stirring light. It strikes unpleasantly and flows disruptively, but it serves the thematic heft well in observing social pressures in life and finding joyful happiness somewhat, at least accordingly one-sided before the transitionally aligned turn reverses both outlooks. The showcases here are accessible breakthroughs without much horizonal exposure prior, which the story benefits in terms of relatability rather than glosses with well-known personalities turning it into a vehicle for their stardom. Tommy Dewey approaches his portrayal of Wes with equipped knowledge of the character’s withheld intentions besides his encouraging innocence, if it weren’t for his secretive choices’ consequences turning his life against his well held favor. Francois Arnaud personify Luke’s reluctance quite well as his character becomes someone we root for with empathetic, positive hope, unlike Dewey’s Wes once the thrusted drama unveiled a shading layer. They both performed charismatically with feel-good dynamic that lasts during the optimistically granted conclusion. “She’s in Portland” is merely observational with an impromptu approach. The established promise after the proposed complicated action is the route it should’ve stick as past pictures have proven better engagement onto that path. Same goes regarding its own discourse’s takeaways. With that being pointed out, there’s honestly not much to recommend despite another enjoyability that passes the time analytically. (B)
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