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When We Get There

2026 · 106 min

A gentle, hopeful road movie that mixes easy laughs with quiet grief, like a long drive with people you're still learning to love.

Directed by
Ryan Patrick Welsh
Genres
Drama, Comedy
Starring
Chris Heeder, Alek Kristopher, Jamie Lien
Overview
Brothers Cal and Ty, embark on a cross-country trek to meet the father they’ve never known, and the only family they have left. Along with Cal’s long-term girlfriend Ellie and a new guitar named Stevie, the trio are forced to navigate uncertain futures on a 2000-mile journey in a car on its last leg. Along the way they discover what, and who, it’s worth showing up for.

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Directed by
Ryan Patrick Welsh
Genres
Drama, Comedy
Starring
Chris Heeder, Alek Kristopher, Jamie Lien
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Tone
  • warmstrength 2 of 3
  • earneststrength 2 of 3
  • melancholicstrength 1 of 3
  • lightstrength 1 of 3
Pacing
measured, 2 of 4, from slow-burn to relentless
Attention
engaged, 3 of 4, from background-friendly to demanding
Themes
  • family
  • identity
  • grief
  • coming-of-age
  • healing
Places
  • road trip
  • countryside
Era
contemporary
Audience
teen
Form
None
Content intensity
  • Gore none
  • Language mild
  • Violence none
  • Sex mild
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Scales, 0 to 10
ScaleValue0 to 10
Action2
Horror0
Humour5
Realism8
Romance4
Tension3
Darkness3
Complexity4
Emotional weight6

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Genres
drama, comedy
Directed by
Ryan Patrick Welsh
Written by
Ryan Patrick Welsh
Starring
Chris Heeder, Alek Kristopher, Jamie Lien, Mindy Sterling, William Katt, Alfred Molina, Ryan Patrick Welsh
Runtime
106 min
Country
United States of America

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