A road trip from Tennessee to California serves as the examination point for a strained friendship between three contemporary twentysomething men. Cheerfully formal in structure - blaring fonts announce act endings, turnarounds and the epilogue - Common also sports an engrossing soundtrack by alt-country stalwarts OK Jones. And while nothing terribly dramatic happens, the meditative landscapes, easy dialogue and everyday familiarity of Common distills the very essence of middle America into a liquid, lovely travelogue.
