wyllys Review of Goin' Down the Road

Goin' Down the Road (1970)

I find this movie still vivid in my memory after almost 30 years.

[10/10 · 28 January 1999]

This film remains vivid in my mind despite the nearly 30 years since I last saw it. I found it to be an amazingly realistic portrayal of how two low-income, poorly educated men from the Maritimes try to find a better life by moving west, make mistakes that pull them even deeper into the lower fringes of society, but never lose their optimism and willingness to keep hoping and trying.