Vanilla

2019

Action / Comedy

3
Rotten Tomatoes Critics - Rotten 67% · 14 reviews
Rotten Tomatoes Audience - Upright 67%
IMDb Rating 5.6/10 10 172 172

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Plot summary

A freewheeling comedian determined to save her family business invites an uptight entrepreneur on a road trip to sell a van with a complicated history. Romance ignites on their three day trip south, but is tested as they discover each other's secrets. When the van sale deteriorates, they must decide if their very new connection is worth more than a very old van.

Director

Will Dennis Photo
Will Dennis

Top cast

Aparna Nancherla Photo
Aparna Nancherla as Megan
Jaboukie Young-White Photo
Jaboukie Young-White as Garret
Eddie Alfano Photo
Eddie Alfano as Sal
Jo Firestone Photo
Jo Firestone as Samantha
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816.52 MB
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English 2.0
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23.976 fps
1 hr 28 min
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Movie Reviews

Reviewed by TxMike

Vanilla sort of describes the quality of scriptwriting here.

I really don't know why my public library decided to buy this movie, it seems all of 20 or 30 people have actually seen it. I exaggerate but looking at the votes here you find a whole bunch of "10" votes which is unrealistic. But you also find a bunch of "1" votes, equally unrealistic. And the one review with a "10" is an account with only one review, no doubt a member of the movie's production. So with that out of the way ...I was attracted to it mainly because it had "road trip to New Orleans" as part of the storyline. I love New Orleans, I'll watch just about any movie filmed in that area. Sadly there isn't very much New Orleans but a lot of road trip to get there.This is the project of first-time filmmaker Will Dennis who wrote, directed, and is the lead as Elliot. He has an older van, someone else wants it for a movie being shot in New Orleans, he and Kimmie (Kelsea Bauman) together drive the van there.It is immediately clear that this is not a stellar effort, the writing is quite uneven and the main characters who barely know each other are strange. They discuss intimate sex and body parts as casually as others might discuss vacations and national parks. It is off-putting because normal people don't behave that way.My wife abandoned it after 15 or 20 minutes, she just found it irritating. I stuck with it and am glad I did, it has some interesting developments and the actors are pleasant enough. But I would find it hard to recommend to anyone else.On DVD from my public library.
Reviewed by amirhhaqshenas 1 / 10

Message Received, the Movie Failed

Aside from being shallow and full of inconsistencies with real life events, we reach more negative points (didn't see that coming, did ya?!). "Vanilla" is the kind of movie which tries to talk about feminism and equality and open-mindedness, but it fails to do so as a movie. I mean, a movie with cinematic merits. Anyhow, the idea is genuine, the comedy is acceptable, but the whole package of the movie, it just sounds a little bit shallow. Or out of order. Or, I don't know. Not catchy enough. Yet, I feel that "Vanilla" fails to engage the audience long enough to deliver the message. Other than these, meh. It's acceptable. I give "Vanilla" 1 star.
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