In the unpleasantly named Bleeding Love, an estranged father (Ewan McGregor) and his deeply disturbed 20-year-old daughter (played by his real-life daughter, Clara McGregor) share a 14-hour road trip from San Diego, California, to Santa Fe, New Mexico. She chain-smokes, pops opioids, steals alcohol from a convenience store and self-indulges in an array of misery. She’s a mess, covered with tattoos, who overdosed that morning on drugs and resents her father’s insincere attempt to rescue her after years of neglect. He’s a 47-year-old ex-addict, too, who now works in a regular, responsible job as a gardener and outdoor landscaper, so guilty for the past torments he inflicted on his long-suffering wife and unhappy daughter when she was growing up that he assumes the responsibility for........

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