I liked a lot about Don't Make Me Go, especially the connection and performances of Cho and Isaac. The story of a dad with a terminal illness and his teenage daughter going on a road trip is well told and finds lovely little moments. But the film takes a surprising turn in the last act which I'm not sure does the story any favours, which saps a lot of the energy of what happened from the rest of the movie. It doesn't completely ruin the film but so much of what was working for the film is lost by the ending.
Perhaps the twist could have worked if the film had earned more of what it tries to do by the ending. It feels like we were just starting to get to the point when the film gives up on that story and goes in a different direction. Sure the film plays its final moments as how they were effected by the first part but because of this it becomes something else. Not the movie we were watching.
Still the film is a chance to showcase Cho's great leading man charisma and power to carry a film.
Don't Make Me Go
Starring: John Cho, Mia Isaac, Jemaine Clement
Director: Hannah Marks
Writer: Vera Herbert
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