Fare is the directorial debut of Thomas Torrey, who also wrote the script and played the protagonist. It's not a complete disaster, but even at one hour and fifteen minutes, the film feels like a writer's crisis.
The first minutes set the stage with Torrey (Eric) driving a couple of customers as a ride-share driver; of course the one customer that is of any significance is the one with whom he shares a philosophical -- and out-of-place, and rather unrealistic, to be honest -- conversation. Bits of the conversation become material for another key scene with Patrick, who is sleeping with Eric's wife and happens to get on his car (yeah, unlikely, but however unlikely, it's possible, I guess). By far this conversation between the victim and the villain(?) is the most intriguing sequence out of the entire film, and it sort of gets interesting when Eric's wife unexpectedly joins the conversation.
From there, however, it all goes downhill. There's no need to go into detail what transpires afterwards; it suffices to say that the film's final act feels like a writer just giving up because he can't come up with anything interesting. Still, the film is a technically competent one with decent performances.
The first minutes set the stage with Torrey (Eric) driving a couple of customers as a ride-share driver; of course the one customer that is of any significance is the one with whom he shares a philosophical -- and out-of-place, and rather unrealistic, to be honest -- conversation. Bits of the conversation become material for another key scene with Patrick, who is sleeping with Eric's wife and happens to get on his car (yeah, unlikely, but however unlikely, it's possible, I guess). By far this conversation between the victim and the villain(?) is the most intriguing sequence out of the entire film, and it sort of gets interesting when Eric's wife unexpectedly joins the conversation.
From there, however, it all goes downhill. There's no need to go into detail what transpires afterwards; it suffices to say that the film's final act feels like a writer just giving up because he can't come up with anything interesting. Still, the film is a technically competent one with decent performances.
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