Needless to say, a lot of unresolved issues rise from hibernation during this rural weekend, but the characters, situations and dialogue too seldom escape cliche in Gabriel Cowan's watchable but unmemorable feature.

The film features three gifted actors -- Wes Bentley, Amber Tamblyn and Vincent Piazza -- doing their best to animate a very stale script.

If the aim of the picture is to trigger introspection in an audience about the consequences of the choices one makes in life, then bull's eye!

...3 Nights in the Desert is a thoroughly unpleasant homecoming of three friends getting the band back together...