Go-Getter, The

Life Doesn't Come With a Road Map

After the death of his mother, a curious teenager named Mercer takes a road trip in a stolen car to find his long-lost brother and develops a life-altering telephonic connection with the forgiving and mysterious girl he took it from.

As he sets out with her phone calls as guidance, Mercer’s motives find focus as he travels across the postmodern highways of the former Wild West to seek self-knowledge
and a sense of belonging.

Played with truth and nuance by Lou Taylor Pucci, young Mercer follows the clues and confronts struggles, both good and bad, on his spiritual journey toward manhood and an end to his grief. Supporting him in a range of unlikely relationships and chance encounters is an eloquent set of performances that include Zooey Deschanel as the car’s owner, Jena Malone as a precocious distraction in Reno, and Maura Tierney as his brother’s old flame.