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This movie has been a revelation. Who would have thought that being on holiday and free to do whatever you please is actually more pleasant than working a stressful 9 to 5 job? It only takes our protagonist a few weeks in a Canadian national park to come to this realization which he then proudly presents to his camera while putting his sophisticated selfie-vlog techniques to use. For a second he seems to be wondering why it is that not everyone spends their lives on holiday.

But being on holiday isn't always as easy as it seems. Our traveling couple finds themselves not adhering to US visa regulations which gets them stuck in Vancouver for three whole weeks. This is clearly a stressful time for the two and their dog as they lack the ability to come up with anything to actually do other than walking within a radius of 30 feet around their bus and filming themselves in front of nature. Luckily, they have family fly over the Atlantic ocean to help them keep busy during these tough times. Even though everything works out, this horrible experience is still gnawing at our progatonist and we get to watch him whine about it while driving down the Californian coastline.

And there's more hardship to come. Because who could have ever expected that the climate gets warmer towards the equator? Long story short, the couple drag their pet dog into a climate in which the breed usually tends to die -- which the dog then promptly starts his best attempt to do. Bringing the dog home and continuing the journey without him would have probably gone over poorly with the reviewers, so our female lead covers the poor thing in ice packs while her boyfriend is driving them through the desert. In Tulum though, the dog decides that he's had enough of their crap. The couple is forced to cut their holiday short, book a flight back home and spend their last couple of days snorkeling, filming themselves running into the ocean and showing off their Spanish skills by calling everything "muy bonito" while their dog is hanging out at the vet's office trying not to make this film flop by actually dying.

The theme of "finding happiness" quickly gets lost because let's be honest, our protagonists can't actually come up with anything meaningful anyway. But we get to watch them enjoy a nice holiday and maybe one day it'll help them become really successful Youtubers.

I got quite excited at the beginning when the couple buys an old schoolbus, thinking "you could make something so cool and cosy out of this". But no, let's make it heavy af AND boring af with all the useless white and storebought crap. First things that came to my mind and stayed there for the entire 40 minutes I forced myself to watch; how much must this have cost and where the heck do they get the money from?! It's like money never plays a role in life, until you have to literally pay for your own mistakes at the border of the USA, then you mope about for three weeks and then some. Because omg life is so hard right now. I got to despise this empty, narcissistic and self entitled homevideo of their failed holiday. There is no insight, story or sense of reality and the filming is monotomous and abismal with dirty lenses throughout. Their ignorance of caring for a dog is infuriating! Why do you not train him to be obedient so he can be off leash and not drag you around? Why do you not know what the procedure is for taking your dog through customs at the border? Why do you not know how to even friggin cool a dog in the first place?! Just patting a wet rag or cool pad on his head like it is a baby, no wonder he almost died. This is inexcusable, the internet is there people and it is free. But these two only seem to use it for their instagram and YouTube vlogs... This "documentary" only made me sad about this generation. Get your head out of your arse and keep your home-moviemaking to yourself.

Where to begin. I have traveled my entire life... a lot. I have never met two more unprepared people to make a long trip.

Long story made short. This is about two millennials that apparently are loaded with cash that want to travel into happiness and bliss. Unfortunately that is not how real travel works. They whine about a border crossing into the US taking two hours when they are traveling with a sick dog. This rant evolves into how bad the US is compared with the rest of the world. Apparently the US government was not prepared to shut the border down to accommodate these two poor children. They travel to Death Valley with no air conditioning and are surprised that it is hot there. Their dog (long-haired and bred for the mountains has heat stroke. What a surprise? Once in Mexico they visit a drug cartel boss. But that's cool. Someone who destroys humans' lives is OK because they did get a tour of a pepper factory. Afterwards they feed the dog taco meat and are surprised that he gets sick. I mean really? These two kids are impossible.

They decide to end their trip in Mexico and that is a good thing. They would never have survived Central America. There, a border crossing can take a whole day, even when you aren't importing an animal. They would have spent days whining about it. They wanted to go all the way to Argentina with the bus. How were they expecting to get the bus to South America? There are no roads. They would have had to clean out their trust funds to ship the bus there. Maybe they had the money. Money was never an issue to them for the rest of the trip.

Research is not a strong point for these two. They are surprised by regulations at border crossing. Flying a drone over Niagara Falls is illegal (they did it anyway). Selling a vehicle in Mexico is illegal (they did it anyway).

Best title for this flick: Endless Selfies with Mood Music

Good lord I've never seen so many bad reviews for an otherwise, not too bad film.

If you are looking for a free spirited, down to earth film about a young couple traveling across North America with some beautiful scenery and landscapes, along with a nice personally written, folksy soundtrack...you could do much worse than this film. If you are looking for an epic, edge of your seat, spectacularly thrilling box office smash hit of a journey...this is probably not for you. Also, if you are looking for a educational documentary that goes fully in-depth into the history and cultures of the places visited, or how to build your own DIY tinyhouse, then this is probably not for you either.

I don't get all the hatred and anger towards the young couple. Why does it matter how they paid for the trip? If you would have paid attention, you would have realized that she was a decently successful musician named Mogli (who BTW also just completed an extensive tour in Europe in 2017-2018), he had a job back in Germany and had released a previous film which they mentioned, and they sold what appeared to be a very nice place back in Germany that probably funded the trip. And so what if they come from good families and had support from their families? Is that such a terrible thing? Shouldn't we as a society be striving towards that type of life for all future generations? Its like some reviewers think that if this couple didn't come from the streets, eat out of trashcans, collect cans for money to fund the trip, swim across the Atlantic to get to North America, and die three times on the way here, their journey cannot be given any credit. Give me a break! I don't recall them acting rude or overly pompous, or better than thou at all in the film. In fact, they seemed to get along with many different people that they encountered throughout their journey...the older couple in Canada who showed off their ice fishing house, the hiking couple in Alaska, the teenage girls in Mexico who set them up with friends to visit the pepper plant, the Mexican family whom they spent time with that were going to visit them in Europe later on...I mean, it is as though some reviewers watched a totally different film.

Obviously, they made a mistake by traveling with the dog, but it is not as though they were intentionally trying to harm the dog, and you could tell that they sincerely cared for the dog, and when the time came for them to choose the well-being of the dog or to finish the trip, they didn't hesitate in their decision to cut the trip short.

I have never in my life seen so many perfect people until I read some of these reviews. I apparently have my work cut out for me to reach this elite level of perfection.

This movie is a step-by-step expedition on how to specifically kill a beautiful breed of dog. Take a specific breed, like a BMD, and then travel to extremely temperate areas of the world in the summer with your dog, and explore, all the while leaving your dog inside an RV with no AC. (This movie in a nut-shell), Screw the people who own this dog. You don't deserve to own any dog, let alone the beautiful breed that is a Bernese Mountain Dog. This is coming from an owner of this beautiful breed who lives in a NORTHERN state in the U.S. and still has to be careful running the heat when its below freezing outside. I hated this movie, and the obvious animal cruelty in it.

I think all of the poor reviewers just missed it. Selima and Felix didn't try to glamorize the trip and showed it for its authenticity. If you didn't feel the connection between these two people and their love for their dog then you are just heartless. It was a beautiful movie with a stunning soundtrack and a meditative quality. I find it interesting that everyone who sits on their couch with their boring life is a critic. At least they are living life to the fullest and why do we care how they financed the film they never claimed to be starving artists.

I think the most endearing thing about this documentary is it' s rawness. While others have critiqued the camera work for shakiness, vlog-esque style and dirt specks on the lens, I think this is a relatively minor minor issue. Furthermore, I found the supposedly sub-par footage exquisite. The whole point of this documentary is to pursue happiness, rendering the actual process of filming as secondary thus contributing to the organic-quality that makes the film so appealing.

The beautiful music composed and performed by Selima/Mogli really elevated this documentary for me. Though many of her songs share a similar ethereal acoustics and lush vocals the viewer gets a unique grasps of the changing emotions throughout their adventure. Following this documentary I have continued to listen to her.

I do agree that Felix and Selima were unprepared and naive about many aspects of their journey including the nature of boarder-crossing and the potential health risks to their dog. However, the viewer must consider the couple's cultural context. They are from a predominately landlocked country and the boarder control in Europe is a lot different to that of America. In regards to their dog, you can clearly see how much love they hold for Rudi. Yes, it was unwise of them to bring their dog into the desert or to continue the journey despite Rudi's condition but you must also acknowledge that he may become more distressed or his condition also could've worsened during the roughly 9 hour flight back to Germany. Rudi's battle with illness and arthritis was a very stressful part of the documentary and I must admit that I looked up whether or not he survived the trip while watching it. However, I imagine my stress was incomparable to that of his owners as evident through Selima's distress upon Rudi's treatment at on of the boarders.

Overall, this documentary is quite an interesting exploration of happiness, minimalism and family through they eyes of two disillusioned young adults from Germany against the backdrop of Alaska through to Argentina. Despite the prominence of negative reviews I found this to be a pleasant documentary.