Recovery

Name: Recovery
Genre: Documentary
Released: 2021-01-04

Jean-Claude walks his dog in a neighborhood forever stuck in reconstruction.

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Storyline

Jean-Claude walks his dog in a neighborhood forever stuck in reconstruction. On his trip, he wonders about life, mortality, and 'what if' scenarios while remembering fragments from the direct impact of the second that almost cost him his life on August 4. At the moment of the explosion, the end of the world, bodies, buildings, roads, and cities may shatter. Perhaps the universe itself breaks apart. But the most severe fragmenting remains that of memory. A picture here and a sound there are vaguely reconstituted. Can a future be built from such a memory? Can it rebuild what was lost? Is it time to leave?

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DirectorJean-Claude Boulos

ReleasedJan 4, 2021

StatusReleased

Original languageArabic

Budget

Not disclosed

Revenue

Not disclosed

Parental guideNot rated

Reviews

8 reviews · 7 critics

5 fresh · 2 rotten

Critics consensus

“Stop and Go doesn't land all of its punchlines, but this road trip comedy largely transcends its limitations thanks to the chemistry between its two leads.”

78% TomatometerRotten Tomatoes

Christy Lemire

RTFilmWeek (LAist)Oct 5, 2021

This is a very fun little indie and a very different way into the COVID movie.

Beatrice Loayza

RTNew York TimesSep 30, 2021

Hit-and-miss. But mostly miss.

Lisa Kennedy

RTVarietyMar 28, 2021

These running gags begin rather flat, then over the span of the misadventure come to life. This reanimating has everything to do with the irrepressible rapport between Everton and Call.

Zoë Rose Bryant

RTLoud and Clear ReviewsSep 1, 2022

Stop And Go subverts every expectation you might have for a “COVID comedy,” whisking audiences away on an absurd but immensely amusing cross-country adventure.