Name: Sedona (2011)
IMDb: link to Sedona page
Genres: Adventure, Comedy Country of origin: USA.
Cast: Frances Fisher as Tammy (uptight ad executive), Seth Peterson as Scott (uptight businessman), Beth Grant as Deb (fortune teller), Barry Corbin as Les (auto repair).
Written and directed by: Tommy Stovall.
The Three Acts:
The initial tableaux:
Through a series of incidences of Murphy's Law, travelers get stuck together near Sedona, Arizona.
Tammy cannot get to her meeting: a plane lands on her car; the mechanic cannot get required parts; she locked herself out of her rental car. While waiting for her car to be fixed, she gets a pedicure from Beth, who asks her how her son is doing.
Scott's younger son gets lost. They are lucky enough to encounter a local search and rescue professional, who helps them look. Scott gets to find his younger son. So?
Delineation of conflicts:
Tammy gets to revisit past wounds, and to get the opposite of prepared for her meeting. Scott gets to stew about what is truly important in his life.
Resolution:
Tammy and Scott re-prioritize.
One line summary: Don't ever go to Arizona.
Statistics
Cinematography: 8/10 Amazingly good, except for outdoor closeups. Some of the exteriors seemed to be color-enhanced.
Sound: 6/10 Well done, except for the severely overblown musical nonsense toward the end of the film.
Acting: 7/10 Reasonable for the script, even including the child actors.
Screenplay: 6/10 Well-intended I suppose, but just not interesting and too heavy-handed.
Final Rating: 6/10
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