xxxtwalker I love road trip movies, mismatched pairs, and irrepressible young women. this movie has them all plus the old pro, Richard Dreyfuss, perfect as the loner-curmudgeon. Hard to see how any man could resist the looks and charm of his female co-star, also. The movie does not attempt to have Big Meaning, but should be enjoyed on its own terms. Also, some nice scenery on the journey. The story is well-paced with no overly long scenes. it will not appeal to those of the hard-boiled, real life school, although it does have a good measure of that. But it is mixed with the whimsy. You can see the relationship between the two actors develop throughout the trip and that is the heart of the story.

TxMike I found this on DVD from my local public library.It is a Canadian production, the road trip heads to Vancouver.Tatiana Maslany is 20-something Dylan Morgan, she fashions herself as a writer but has not been successful yet. She often hangs out in odd places to experience life and get ideas. Like the hospital where doctor Pepper works.Richard Dreyfuss is approaching 70 as Dr. Cas Pepper, he seems a bit distraught and we soon find out he is dying of brain cancer. He just wants to be left alone to drive west.But Dylan is persistent, she needs to escape an abusive boyfriend and insinuates herself into Cas's situation. They end up heading west together. Both actors create interesting characters. Through the days of the trip each has an affect on the other and in the end Dylan can choose a better path for her writing aspirations. Like actually growing up a bit and getting some much needed education and training.Not a great movie but mostly interesting.SPOILERS: Cas' plan involves traveling to his vacation home on an island off the Vancouver coast and dying where he had shared a place with his wife who died maybe 10 years earlier. He had never let her go, even keeping up her phone account so he could dial and hear her voice on the answering message. In the end he does that with supplies he had brought along. Dylan was pregnant from Bobby, in the end we see she had the baby and was now attending college courses to better prepare herself for a writing career.

merklekranz I mean as bizarre as "Rubin & Ed" starring Crispin Glover and Howard Hesseman is, at least it is not boring. "Cas & Dylan" on the other hand is a road trip that goes nowhere. The acting is strong by Richard Dreyfuss, but the screenplay meanders and quite frankly is sleep inducing. The subject matter borders on depressing, and suicide never has been dealt with very successfully, except perhaps in "The End", which is a hilarious "black comedy" starring Burt Reynolds and Dom DeLuise. "Cas & Dylan" has neither the outrageousness of "Rubin & Ed", or the "dark comedy" of "The End". So the movie really just sort of drifts along to the end. - MERK

rps-2 This is one of the warmest, loveliest, touching yet funny and original films I've seen. It may be the best performance Richard Dreyfuss has ever given; a curmudgeonly doctor with a terminal brain tumour. That sounds like a downer. Not at all! There is amazing warmth and a lot of great humour here. Through an unlikely series of events. Dreyfuss ends up driving across the country with a kooky lady played intriguingly by Tatiana Maslary.What starts with hostility and misunderstanding develops into a unique relationship. They are a great team. Eric Peterson (of Corner Gas) and Natalie Radford are wonderful in a funny cameo as an odd but loving elderly couple. And...Hallelujah!!! This is a Canadian movie actually set as well as shot in Canada! I've been a frequent critic here on the IMDb of the many ghastly Canadian films shot in Canada with Canadian government subsidies but set in the United States. Cas And Dylan proves that you can do something on a low budget, set it in Canada and deliver a thoroughly original and captivating product that will play well anywhere!