The film aspires to be a heartfelt drama/comedy about an introverted, wheelchair-using college student with Muscular Dystrophy (RJ Mitte's titular character) who finds an unlikely opposite in his driver, Scott (Ray William Johnson), whose joking nature hides the fact that he, too, has sadness in his life. Michael Carlock's script sends the two on a spontaneous, cliche road trip to Las Vegas (with Doug's friend Stephanie, whose dialogue and agency extends to saying "This is awesome." Scott tries to coax Doug from his shell (inspiring the script's cringe-inducing bookend of Doug writing a personal essay about turtles) by taking him gambling and getting him to lose his virginity to a prostitute. As the two grow closer through a set of twists, "Who's Driving Doug" takes the exact trajectory one might expect. 

"I went into automatic pilot and ran to get the building manager, and she dialed 911," Doug, who has been driving for WesleyLife for two years, said of the moments after he heard Byron cry out. "The paramedics came, and when they got in there, Byron was in bad shape. They took him to the hospital, and I hoped and prayed for the best."




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