Jaunt (2024) • View trailer3.5 stars (out of five); not rated, and akin to PG-13 for sensuality, brief nudity and profanityAvailable via: Amazon Prime and other VOD optionsBy Derrick BangFolks with a fondness for California’s scenic coastline will get a kick out of this film. Writer/director Alexi Papalexopoulos’ accomplished feature debut is a road trip in both the physical and spiritual sense: a Golden State journey with well-chosen stops both scenic and touristy. While pausing their California coastal drive for some quiet time on a beach, Madeline(Emanuela Boisbouvier) listens attentively while Paul (Blake Worrell) begins toacknowledge the mess that he has made of his life.Middle-aged, shambling Paul Wesson (Blake Worrell) is introduced at low ebb in his unkempt West Hollywood apartment, laden with dirty dishes, food containers and dead plants. He looks like he hasn’t gotten out much since the COVID epidemic, and — on this average morning — attends a therapy “session” online,…
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