PREVIEW: Don’t Make Me Go (15)

WHO’S IN IT?

John Cho (Columbus), Mia Isaac (film debut), Kaya Scodelario (Crawl), Josh Thomson (Guns Akimbo), Otis Dhanji (June Again), Stefania LaVie Owen (The Beach Bum), Mitchell Hope (Let It Snow), Jen Van Epps (The Royal Treatment), Jemaine Clement (What We Do in the Shadows)

WHO’S BEHIND THE CAMERA?

Hannah Marks (After Everything), director; Vera Herbert (film debut), writer; Donald De Line (Ready Player One), Leah Holzer (A Beautiful Day in the Neighbourhood), Peter Saraf (Little Miss Sunshine) and Marc Turtletaub (The Farewell), producers; Jessica Rose Weiss (Afterlife of the Party), composer; Jaron Presant (Rampage), cinematographer; Paul Frank (Sleeping with Other People), editor

WHAT’S IT ABOUT?

Max (Cho), a single father, learns that he has a terminal brain tumour, and decides to take his teenage daughter Wally (Isaac) on a road trip to find the mother that abandoned her, while also teaching her everything she needs to know after he passes away…

IN ONE SENTENCE, WHY SHOULD YOU BE EXCITED?

John Cho delivers a magnetic dramatic performance in this emotional road trip movie that will simultaneously move you and leave you with pleasant memories.

WHEN’S IT OUT?

FRIDAY 15TH JULY 2022

WHERE CAN I FIND IT?

STREAMING EXCLUSIVELY ON AMAZON PRIME VIDEO

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