‘Drinking and Driving’ Review: Avalon Fast and Jillian Frank Wonder If Empty Rural Hedonism Can Ever Give Way to Transcendence

‘Drinking and Driving’ Review: Avalon Fast and Jillian Frank Wonder If Empty Rural Hedonism Can Ever Give Way to Transcendence

When you name your movie “Drinking and Driving” — assuming it’s not some kind of pun that leads into a wholesome comedy about a NASCAR star named Richard Drinking — you preemptively lower everyone’s expectations for the role models they’re about to see onscreen. It’s certainly warranted in the case of Avalon Fast and Jillian Frank’s new movie, a slice-of-life dramedy about the empty recklessness of two friends who wile away the days of their ea…