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World Traveler
Directed by
Bart Freundlich
R
2002
1h 43m
Drama
5.3
34%
36%
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After hitting the road a man encounters characters that make him realize the importance of family.
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Cast of World Traveler
Billy Crudup
Cal
Julianne Moore
Dulcie
Cleavant Derricks
Carl
Liane Balaban
Meg
David Keith
Richard
Mary McCormack
Margaret
Francie Swift
Joanie
Karen Allen
Delores
James Le Gros
Jack
Kaili Vernoff
Andrea
Nicolas Suresky
Leo
Richie Dye
Local Bar Bartender
Margaret Devine
Andrea's Friend
John Forman
Dakota Customer
Bert Miller
Dakota Bartender
Patricia French
Dakota French
Shontelle Thrash
Dakota Mom
Isis Faust
Dakota Girl
B.J. Mitchell
Dakota Boy
Mark Gray
Ficus Lounge Host
Elijah Saucier
Imaginary Carl
Bart Freundlich
Director / Writer / Producer
William Perkins
Producer
Howard Bernstein
Producer
Tim Perrell
Producer
World Traveler Ratings & Reviews
Orlando Sentinel
Jay Boyar
This episodic, quietly affecting movie is both gritty and poetic.
Washington Post
Dan Via
Well-made, well-acted but ultimately enervating.
Washington Post
Ann Hornaday
Anemic, pretentious.
Seattle Times
Moira MacDonald
Yes, I suppose it's lovely that Cal works out his issues with his dad and comes to terms with his picture-perfect life -- but World Traveler gave me no reason to care, so I didn't.
Denver Post
Steven Rosen
World Traveler, written and directed by Bart Freundlich, isn't going to be Crudup's breakthrough hit. But it does have a wonderful, fascinating performance by him.
Ebert & Roeper
Richard Roeper
A lot of good performances but no story.
San Francisco Chronicle
Mick LaSalle
A dreary movie.
Detroit News
Susan Stark
The theme is familiar and, at bottom, sophomorically self-conscious. Yet finally, World Traveler takes something like a hold on you because it extends the Crudup character's experience not only across generations but also across the genders.
Chicago Sun-Times
Roger Ebert
One senses in World Traveler and in his earlier film that Freundlich bears a grievous but obscure complaint against fathers, and circles it obsessively, without making contact.
Boston Globe
Jay Carr
Crudup's screen presence is the one thing that holds interest in the midst of a mushy, existential exploration of why men leave their families.
Detroit Free Press
Terry Lawson
I was more personally affected by World Traveler than by any other film I have seen in recent months.
Philadelphia Inquirer
Carrie Rickey
A vignette enlarged to panoramic scale.
The Hollywood Reporter
Michael Rechtshaffen
A meandering road movie that keeps getting stalled in gutters of self-importance.
Salon.com
Charles Taylor
Tedious tale of middle-aged angst.
Newsday
Jan Stuart
The setup feels a little been-there-done- that, but the writing is often piercing and there are unsparing characterizations by Julianne Moore and James LeGros.
New York Post
Lou Lumenick
It's clotted with heavy-handed symbolism, dime-store psychology and endless scenic shots that make 105 minutes seem twice as long.
Los Angeles Times
Kevin Thomas
Best enjoyed as a minor work with some major pluses.
Entertainment Weekly
Crudup is the best navigator a road movie like World Traveler can have, but even he can't single-handedly transport these goods from nowhere to somewhere.
New York Times
Stephen Holden
The most remarkable (and frustrating) thing about World Traveler, which opens today in Manhattan, is that its protagonist, after being an object of intense scrutiny for 104 minutes, remains a complete blank.
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