<Tr> <Th> Language </Th> <Td> English </Td> </Tr> <P> The Fundamentals of Caring is a 2016 American comedy - drama film written and directed by Rob Burnett, based on the 2012 novel The Revised Fundamentals of Caregiving by Jonathan Evison and stars Paul Rudd, Craig Roberts, and Selena Gomez . The film had its world premiere at the Sundance Film Festival on January 29, 2016 and was released by Netflix on June 24, 2016 . </P> <P> Ben (Paul Rudd) is a retired writer . Needing a new job, he takes a six - week course to become a caregiver . He gets a job from an English woman named Elsa (Jennifer Ehle), a registered caregiver and an office manager at a bank, whose 18 - year - old son Trevor (Craig Roberts) suffers from Duchenne muscular dystrophy . Trevor is a sardonic, anxious boy with a fascination with American roadside attractions, and Ben suggests one day that they go to see some of them . Trevor initially refuses, and Elsa worries Ben is becoming too close to him, as Trevor's father left when he was diagnosed, only sending him letters throughout the years . Ben soon finds himself hounded by a court tracker hired by his wife and avoids his visits . </P> <P> Eventually, Elsa agrees with Ben's road trip plan, and he and Trevor embark on a journey to the world's deepest pit . On the way there, Trevor says he wants to see his father, who owns a car dealership in Salt Lake City . Stopping at a gas station, the two meet a girl Trevor's age named Dot (Selena Gomez), who Trevor develops a crush on . When they encounter her again at a diner later on, they see her attempting to hitchhike, and Ben decides to give her a ride . Dot informs them on the way that she is heading to Denver to restart her life, and that her mother has died . As the three bond, especially she and Trevor, Ben notices a car that has been following them, and tells the two of it at a motel . He believes it is someone sent by his wife . </P>

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