It has recently become a trend for breakout festival films to be snapped up by the streaming giants Netflix and Amazon. This is hardly a return to the heady days of the Indie arms of the studio giants but it does offer a far wider potential audience for the non-superhero films.
One such film is The Fundamentals of Caring, which played to positive reviews at Sundance earlier in the year and which caught Netflix’s all-streaming eyes.
The film stars Paul Rudd, Craig Roberts, Selena Gomez, Jennifer Ehle, Megan Ferguson and Frederick Weller, so there’s a good cast in the mix. Our review from Sundance can be found here and you can watch the new trailer below.
A synopsis before your trailer? But, of course…
The film follows the story of Ben, a retired writer who becomes a caregiver after suffering a personal tragedy. After 6 weeks of training, Ben meets his first client, Trevor, a foul-mouthed 18-year-old with muscular dystrophy.
One paralyzed emotionally, one paralyzed physically, Ben and Trevor take an impromptu road trip to all the places Trevor has become obsessed with while watching the local news, including their holy grail: the World’s Deepest Pit.
Along the way, they pick up a sassy runaway and a mother-to-be who help test the pair’s survival skills outside of their calculated existence as they come to understand the importance of hope and true friendship.
Trailer time!
