Kattiera Nana I think this is a new genre that they're all sort of working their way through it and haven't got all the kinks worked out yet but it's a genre that works for me.

Hellen I like the storyline of this show,it attract me so much

filippaberry84 I think this is a new genre that they're all sort of working their way through it and haven't got all the kinks worked out yet but it's a genre that works for me.

Logan By the time the dramatic fireworks start popping off, each one feels earned.

napierslogs The great thing about "Off the Map" is how beautifully it tells its simple story. It's about a family, mother (Joan Allen), father (Sam Elliott) and daughter named Bo who live completely by their own means, and well off the main road. Having not paid taxes on the little bit of money they make, an IRS agent (Jim True-Frost) comes to find them.It really is just a character study, primarily about the daughter as she watches the interactions of the adults around her and what she really wants out of life, and about the IRS agent who learns about himself by meeting these people who live their life in a way he never realized.It's an independent drama driven by a simple narrative and simple shots. The characters aren't all investigated as they probably should have been, and it does move very slowly. But for those who like sitting back and just observing characters, "Off the Map" is well done. I was particularly impressed by Jim True-Frost's performance, and the young Valentina De Angelis as Bo.

AZINDN New Mexico has for the last hundred years drawn some of the most disparate and dysfunctional characters seeking to find themselves in the beauty of the landscape. All sympathy for the poor natives who must put up with these seekers of senselessness which is the basis of the film, Off The Map. Directed by the superb actor, Campbell Scott, this is the summer story of Bo, an 11 year old home-schooled, precocious, only child, her half-Hopi mother Arlene (Joan Allen as a Hopi???), her depressed dad, Charley (Sam Elliott), IRS agent, William Gibbs (William True-Frost), and George, her god father, all who surround the child with an alternative fantasy of cleaned up 70s hippie feel-good lifestyles sans drugs, that is somewhat Utopian and revisionist. Moving like a stilted play moved out to the Taos landscape, this coming of age/lost in paradise episodic 3-act story has elements of theatre of the absurd mixed with All In The Family silliness couched in the ideas of back to the earth ideologies. When an IRS agent audits the family, he finds they don't live on cash but barter for everything and live in cast off clothing. Yet through some overt identity theft, the ever-annoying Bo steals sufficient information from the adults to qualify for a Master Charge card which allows her to purchase a sailboat delivered from San Diego in time to surprise her father for his birthday, and placing the family in further debt to the tune of over $4,000. No one seems to worry about the money, or lack of social skills the kid presents, or the fact that a federal employee has gone missing in the New Mexico countryside on per diem? Its all swept under the Navajo rugs in the name of picturesque alterity. I'm sure this small indie film is meant to make for feel good family entertainment, however, on screen, it comes off just plain boring despite the fine cast. Watch for the landscape, and rambling ode to alternative family setting, but as entertainment, it was far from satisfying or noteworthy.

paddlin_jones I really enjoyed the relaxed nature of this film. Moving back from the edge of my seat for a change, I found I was able to simply observe a lovely story. In some ways it resembles "An Unfinished Life" - same kind of locale in the U.S. SW outback and a family-life storyline - however I enjoyed this one much more and thought AFL resembled more a movie-of-the-week. I think young Bo's character (only child 12 yr old growing up in the middle of nowhere) is the central piece here and in that regard her character development, particularly in the second half, looked like it really wanted to go somewhere (e.g. coyote) but it never fully made the trip. I wonder what the play script did at that point in the story.High marks for feel goodness without being sappy, lovely cinematography, very good acting and direction for the most part.

dr. mojave great little movie. having lived in new Mexico, i get it. a bit tedious at times, but well worth the investment. this movie has a big heart. i grew to love the characters. many people would yawn and give up. i like these kinds of movies that take time to develop (if there is a pay-off at the end). this movie paid off big time. Sam Elliott and Joan Allen are always great. Amy brenneman was a nice touch (i have enjoyed her since she played Faye moskewitz on Frasier). the girl (bo)was great too. she has great camera presence (like Andie McDowell). if manged properly, she has a fine future. - all in all, see this movie. it makes you feel good about life.