Henry Barrial's insightful look into contemporary LA as seen through the eyes of an initially reluctant Uber-like driver achieves a flawless tonal balance of poignancy and humor. Initially the film appears to be about a middle class millennial family in financial free fall. By the end of Driver X's odyssey, however, the sensitive weaving of larger themes about our fragile human connections become apparent. What will possibly save each of us from a catastrophic financial free fall that may be lurking in our collective futures? Barrial's insights as a director/writer are hopeful and challenging without being pie in the sky. The deeper wisdom of DriverX culminates in two very powerful scenes close to the end of film. One takes place in DriverX's Prius as he describes a "miracle" and the second when he sits reading to his two daughters. DriverX movingly illustrates how human beings can rise to being better than they thought possible, even when being bombarded with financial insecurity in a fearful world made up of distant billionaires with far too much money and not enough understanding of the importance of a world in balance. Terrific film. (Kudos as well to producer Mark Stolaroff
Review of DriverX
