Silpada Jaeger plays Claire, a married woman, who has had some difficulty with her husband, and one time after having a disagreement with him, she leaves and jumps right taxi. The taxi driver, Thom played by Sam Jaeger has brought his own problems with money and so he buys a car or truck, makes it look as being a taxi and pretends they are a taxi driver. Its this cab which Claire jumps into. Her words to him are simply drive, and thats what he / she does. He drives out of New york and into a various state. While in the airport taxi, we find out that Claires father may be taken to hospital and she has so that California, but she is without having money, but Thom decides to help you her.
Take Me Home uses the American landscape as being a backdrop to its journey throughout the tumultuous expanse of a pair of lost souls. States fly by in seconds without a mention, just glimpses outside the windows in the illegally operated taxicab getting our leads from Ny city to Encinitas, California. Where most would bask in the ability to montage famous sites, writer/director/star Sam Jaeger only sprinkles within the Chrysler Building, St. Louis Gateway Arch, and Grand Canyon while instead focusing on the troubled thirty-somethings unaware of what the future may possibly bring.
An out-of-work photographer impersonating a cab driver that has a vehicle he won at auction, Thom (Jaeger) has hit rock bottom. He trolls the airport for just about any unsuspecting travelers, and Its no amaze when Claire (Jaegers actual wife, Amber Jaeger) pulls open the doorway and plops down with only the term, “Drive. ” Stuck with some sort of possible cheating husband (Brennan Elliotts Eric) at home and an estranged father around the west coast, her emotions pour out inside the back seat. And so it is really a match made in snarky shangri-la. A deal is struck and in addition they depart for a cross-country expedition. Its in their exchanges on the way where Take Me Property truly shines.
Well-known to anyone whom watches the wonderful “Parenthood, ” Sam Jaeger is surely an actor with an individually nuanced charisma. Wasted in the shows very first season, his Joel has really be given his own the past a couple of years, making him one of the more complicated and interesting on the bunch. Those traits exist here likewise in both performance along with screenplay. He has created a good indie film that seems very all-around its creators heart. Sam is the much better actor, but I believe the effectiveness of the work helps compensate for whats lacking in his costars performance. By no means undesirable, Amber Jaeger simply seems as though she is “acting” when left to her very own devices.
The small supporting cast succeeds in conjunction with its lead: Cristine Rose and Victor Garber as Thoms mother and father, Lin Shaye as Claires mother, Michelle Krusiec as Claires admin. Thanks to this toss, and most of most, to Jaeger, Take Me Home becomes the level of romantic comedy that enables its obvious roads to look natural rather than expected. The chemistry between its leads goes a long in this sweet little gem of your movie.