Goodbye Solo

Indie - Drama
2.5 stars
Long and slow and doesn’t really answer any questions. This movie is a winner of the Venice Film Festival, but I just don’t get it. A good premise: a grumpy old man (Red West) hires a taxi driver (Souleymane Sy Savane) to take him to the top of a mountain to a place called Blowing Rock on a specific date so he can throw himself off. The driver tries to buddy up with the old grouch to talk him out of it. Very little is learned, mainly why? And why that date? And what made the old man’s life so unbearable? If you want basic questions answered, then you will be disappointed (like me!). As I said: disappointing.