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| Benjamin Gourley | ... |
Rick Robinson
(as Ben Gourley)
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| Mila Kunis | ... |
Michelle McAllister
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| Jon Heder | ... |
Orlie
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| Rutger Hauer | ... |
Maxwell McAllister
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| Hubbel Palmer | ... | ||
| Billy Drago | ... |
The Lady
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| Peter Jason | ... |
Mr. Robinson
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| Cathrine Grace | ... |
Mrs. Robinson
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| Patrika Darbo | ... |
Debbie
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| Joe Unger | ... |
Lanky
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| Mary Pat Gleason | ... |
Margerie
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| William Mapother | ... |
Bob
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| Zack Ward | ... |
Earl
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Tomek Debowski | ... |
Tomek
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| Maclain Nelson | ... |
Beau Diddly
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Rick Robinson is a ladder-climbing law intern from Miami with four days until the Bar Exam. Desperate to score points with his boss (McAllister), he commits to a favor he can't afford. He ends up in a rundown truck headed to L.A. with his boss's possessions, his Hollywood-bound niece, and her pet pig. Amidst hitch-hikers, breakdowns, and assorted local yokels, Rick finds love, life and maybe himself in this trans-American road trip from hell. Written by Bob Hedlund
Rutger Hauer helps along a film that basically can be summed up in the young person finding themselves category, and rather obviously so, so it needs a lot of help.
The beginning holds a lot more promise, of a film that could turn into Michael Clayton or Stranger Than Fiction. It's too bad because I really got hooked into the beginning. Then, like the opening soundtrack, it went from great and intriguing to basically nowhere.
It's fun enough with plenty of curiosities and interesting characters acted well. I'm sure that will be enough for many people. The problem is it all feels contrived and empty which, ironically, is supposed to be the main discovery for the character's self realization. Not the film itself (it's not a self aware film), but that the character is supposed to recognize his own life is contrived and empty.