If you know my story at all, then you likely know I'm nearly the perfect audience for Corrie Vaus's 70-minute feature documentary The Big Scoot!, a fun and inspiring film following riders along the 2023 Scooter Cannonball. 

What's the Scooter Cannonball? Have you ever seen that Macklemore video for his song "Downtown?" Well, in this case you can picture a couple hundred people coming together for an endurance scooter rally from coast-to-coast to travel 3,200 miles over the course of eight days. They're not doing this on motorcycles - they're doing this on scooters with tires the size of dinner plates. Scooters, for the record, are not made for a journey like this in anyway. 

And it would seem that for most of these folks that's part of the challenge and part of the fun. 

Vaus has spent her life documenting inspiring stories like this one. Along the way, she's picked up 16 Emmys and 9 Golden Globes. According to Vaus, this journey started when her husband bought a bright orange Vespa. If you know the Vespa - yep, that's a scooter. Now then, imagine driving that across the backroads of the USA through deserts, forests, rain, and even a tornado or two. 

Epic. It's also lots of fun to watch. 

Recently released to most streaming platforms via FilmHub, The Big Scoot is an engaging, entertaining indie doc with colorful characters, beautiful lensing, and a low-key and inspiring story that will make you smile along its 3,200 mile journey. 

As someone who has traveled over 6,000 miles by wheelchair in my life, I'm a huge fan of stories like this one and the people who are at the center of them. There are days you win. There are days you lose. However, for most who tackle journeys like this one it's about the challenge, the community, and the thrill of it all. 

Written by Richard Propes
The Independent Critic