Directed by:
David M. RosenthalScreenplay:
David M. RosenthalCinematography:
Anastas N. MichosComposer:
Eef BarzelayCast:
Abigail Breslin, Joel David Moore, Elisabeth Shue, Brittany Snow, Peter Stormare, Alessandro Nivola, Frances Fisher, Frank Whaley, Rodney Eastman (more)VOD (3)
Plots(1)
Rocker Ethan Brand (Alessandro Nivola) and his band are on the comeback trail when a former flame (Academy Award® nominee Elisabeth Shue) drops a bomb in his lap: their 13-year-old daughter, Janie Jones (Academy Award® nominee Abigail Breslin).
Ethan refuses to believe Janie is his kid, but when her mom suddenly leaves for rehab, the child has no place to go but into the tour bus and on the road with the band. With no feel for fatherhood, Ethan continues his hard-living ways, giving Janie a crash course of the not-so-glamorous life on the road.
As Ethan's self-destructive spiral threatens the groups future, his band members desert him one by one, until he and Janie are left alone. Desperate to finish the tour and revive his career, Ethan stays on the road as a solo act with Janie in tow, where her surprising musical talents help guide him down the rocky road to redemption.
Nivola and Breslin naturally embrace their musical characters both actually sing and perform in the film while developing Ethan and Janie's relationship in a refined way to delicately express the emotional needs of the characters. Writer/director David M. Rosenthal, who was inspired by his own experiences, blends the musical setting with road trip movie elements that add subtle layers to the dynamic of his two main characters.
(Tribeca Film)
Cast
![Abigail Breslin](http://image.pmgstatic.com/cache/resized/w88h116crop/files/images/creator/photos/161/887/161887651_4f8e0a.jpg)
Abigail Breslin
USA
Best movies:
My Sister's Keeper (2009)
Signs (2002)
Little Miss Sunshine (2006)
![Joel David Moore](http://image.pmgstatic.com/cache/resized/w88h116crop/files/images/creator/photos/000/277/277213_7ce7d8.jpg)
Joel David Moore
USA
Best movies:
Avatar (2009)
Avatar: The Way of Water (2022)
CBGB (2013)
![Elisabeth Shue](http://image.pmgstatic.com/cache/resized/w88h116crop/files/images/creator/photos/000/267/267441_d5e217.jpg)
Elisabeth Shue
USA
Best movies:
The Boys (2019) (series) - actor, a.f.
Back to the Future Part II (1989)
Back to the Future Part III (1990)
![Brittany Snow](http://image.pmgstatic.com/cache/resized/w88h116crop/files/images/creator/photos/163/902/163902507_48e9ff.jpg)
Brittany Snow
USA
Best movies:
The Vicious Kind (2009)
Janie Jones (2010)
Would You Rather (2012)
![Peter Stormare](http://image.pmgstatic.com/cache/resized/w88h116crop/files/images/creator/photos/162/616/162616601_920021.jpg)
Peter Stormare
Sweden
Best movies:
Awakenings (1990)
Fanny and Alexander (1982)
Fargo (1996)
![Alessandro Nivola](http://image.pmgstatic.com/cache/resized/w88h116crop/files/images/creator/photos/162/361/162361510_b47bb5.jpg)
Alessandro Nivola
USA
Best movies:
The Company (2007) (series)
Face/Off (1997)
Goal! (2005)
![Frances Fisher](http://image.pmgstatic.com/cache/resized/w88h116crop/files/images/creator/photos/164/912/164912890_3eb5e7.jpg)
Frances Fisher
UK
Best movies:
Titanic (1997)
Unforgiven (1992)
The Lincoln Lawyer (2011)
![Frank Whaley](http://image.pmgstatic.com/cache/resized/w88h116crop/files/images/creator/photos/000/268/268928_284409.jpg)
Frank Whaley
USA
Best movies:
Pulp Fiction (1994)
JFK (1991)
The Doors (1991)
![Rodney Eastman](http://image.pmgstatic.com/cache/resized/w88h116crop/files/images/creator/photos/000/322/322993_82f0a8.jpg)
Rodney Eastman
Canada
Best movies:
A Nightmare on Elm Street 3: Dream Warriors (1987)
Janie Jones (2010)
Fix (2008)
![David Lee Smith](http://image.pmgstatic.com/cache/resized/w88h116crop/files/images/creator/photos/000/278/278833_889a31.jpg)
David Lee Smith
USA
Best movies:
Fight Club (1999)
The Man from Earth (2007)
Zodiac (2007)
William Smillie
Best movies:
The Dark Knight (2008)
Janie Jones (2010)
What They Had (2018)
Guy Van Swearingen
USA
Best movies:
Gifted Hands: The Ben Carson Story (2009) (TV movie)
The Negotiator (1998)
Take Shelter (2011)
Adam Shalzi
Best movies:
Janie Jones (2010)
Kara Zediker
USA
Best movies:
Janie Jones (2010)
The Babe (1992)
Contagion (2011)
Samy Camara
Best movies:
Janie Jones (2010)
Jailbait (2014)
Balls to the Wall (2011)
![Sam Thakur](http://image.pmgstatic.com/cache/resized/w88h116crop/files/images/creator/photos/164/236/164236892_1a491e.jpg)
Sam Thakur
Best movies:
Janie Jones (2010)
The Perfect Sleep (2009)
Richard Cotovsky
USA
Best movies:
Stir of Echoes (1999)
Janie Jones (2010)
Animals (2014)
Vanessa Giselle
USA
Best movies:
Janie Jones (2010)
The Hungover Games (2014)
Katie Rich
Best movies:
Janie Jones (2010)
Michael Panes
Best movies:
We Bought a Zoo (2011)
Janie Jones (2010)
Infamous (2006)