# The Open Road (2009)

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**Runtime**: 90 min
**Genres**: Comedy, Drama, Romance
**Directed by**: Michael Meredith
**Written by**: Michael Meredith
**Starring**: Justin Timberlake, Jeff Bridges, Kate Mara, Harry Dean Stanton, Mary Steenburgen, Bret Saberhagen

> *They've got a long way to go.*

## Synopsis (in-house rewrite)

Here's a film that thinks a feel-good road trip can solve anything. A baseball player must locate his estranged Hall of Fame father, as his mother is ill. They then embark on a journey fraught with wacky mishaps. It's a movie that certainly goes somewhere.

**Mood tags**: cozy, tender, uplifting

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