Don't let the past control you. That is good advice for anyone and is the gist of what the story here is about.
It starts in Alabama, Logan Lerman is Sean Fogle, at one point he states that his mother had taken care of him for 28 years so that must be his age. He is in prison for theft, it is near the end of his sentence (thus the title) and his mother is very sick. In fact she passes away and her last wish is for her husband and son to go together to her native Ireland and scatter her ashes upon a specific small lake. In their road trip they get a hint why.
But Sean really wants no part of it, he wants nothing to do with his dad, John Hawkes in a very good role as Frank Fogle, and refuses a ride when dad arrives to pick him up as he gets released from prison. Sean and Frank are opposites, Sean blames him for old injuries and Frank may have had a role in Sean getting arrested and convicted.
Still there would be no story if they failed to take the trip, one which included a number of surprises, including Irish actress Sarah Bolger as Jewel who doesn't quite turn out the way she seems.
This is mainly a dad-son relationship movie, each must regroup and move on with life and not let the past control them. It is something his mom had told Sean during her very last visit before she died.
Good movie, my wife and I watched it at home on DVD from our public library. Just the movie and trailer, no "making of" extras. Sarah Bolger is a quite good singer, she does an impromptu number in a pub.
It starts in Alabama, Logan Lerman is Sean Fogle, at one point he states that his mother had taken care of him for 28 years so that must be his age. He is in prison for theft, it is near the end of his sentence (thus the title) and his mother is very sick. In fact she passes away and her last wish is for her husband and son to go together to her native Ireland and scatter her ashes upon a specific small lake. In their road trip they get a hint why.
But Sean really wants no part of it, he wants nothing to do with his dad, John Hawkes in a very good role as Frank Fogle, and refuses a ride when dad arrives to pick him up as he gets released from prison. Sean and Frank are opposites, Sean blames him for old injuries and Frank may have had a role in Sean getting arrested and convicted.
Still there would be no story if they failed to take the trip, one which included a number of surprises, including Irish actress Sarah Bolger as Jewel who doesn't quite turn out the way she seems.
This is mainly a dad-son relationship movie, each must regroup and move on with life and not let the past control them. It is something his mom had told Sean during her very last visit before she died.
Good movie, my wife and I watched it at home on DVD from our public library. Just the movie and trailer, no "making of" extras. Sarah Bolger is a quite good singer, she does an impromptu number in a pub.