Variety · Entertainment · 2026-08-19
‘Northbound’ Review: Bruce Dern Revs Up a Road Movie With Its Hands Otherwise Firmly at Ten and Two
There is a pleasantly peppery performance from a bewhiskered — and bewhiskyed — Bruce Dern in William Scoular’s “Northbound,” but its spice is lost to the coziness of an approach that sets a higher premium on amiability than originality. Kicking off to Trooper’s stadium staple “Raise a Little Hell” and closing out with the plaintive […] Bruce Dern is an old rascal who talks his straitlaced grandson into a road trip in William Scoular's well-meant but weightless dramedy "Northbound." ‘Northbound’ Review: Bruce Dern Revs Up a Road Movie With Its Hands Otherwise Firmly at Ten and Two
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