THE ROAD WITHIN (2014)

Robert Sheehan and Dev Patel never cease to amaze me.  Here Sheehan plays Vincent, a young man with Tourette's Syndrome living in Nevada with his divorced mother, who's just passed away.  Vincent's father, who long ago abandoned his son, has aspirations of a political career so decides to tuck Vincent away in a treatment center.  There, Vincent meets his roommate Alex (Dev Patel) - a germaphobe with severe OCD - and the streetwise, anorexic Marie (Zoe Kravitz), and when the chance comes to steal the car of the woman running the center, Dr. Rose (Kyra Sedgwick), the trio suddenly find themselves on a road trip to the ocean, where Vincent can scatter the ashes of his mother - Dr. Rose, with Vincent's dad, in pursuit.  Funny and sad, heartbreaking and uplifting, a fine cast (especially the three leads, of which Dev Patel turns in the best performance of his career so far), make The Road Within a touching dramedy of friendship and fitting in - even if fitting in only with those who love you most. (rated R)  A-