Product Details

• Actors: Fred Ward, Keanu Reeves, Bonnie Bedelia, Amy Madigan, Jay O. Sanders
• Directors: Ron Nyswaner
• Writers: Ron Nyswaner
• Producers: Joan Fishman, Kerry Orent, Robert Shaye, Sara Risher
• Format: Color, NTSC
• Rated: R (Restricted)
• Number of tapes: 1
• Studio: New Line Home Video
• VHS Release Date: September 9, 1997
• Run Time: 87 minutes
• Average Customer Review: 3.7 out of 5 stars  See all reviews (12 customer reviews)
• ASIN: 6302875145
• Amazon Best Sellers Rank: #300,724 in Movies & TV (See Top 100 in Movies & TV)

Editorial Reviews

A high school dropout`s scheme to kidnap his father runs afoul when his mother refuses to pay the ransom.

Customer Reviews

Most Helpful Customer Reviews

11 of 12 people found the following review helpful:

3.0 out of 5 stars a rather strange, interesting movie, May 30, 2000

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Alejandra Vernon "artist & illustrator" (Long Beach, California) - See all my reviews
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This review is from: Prince of Pennsylvania [VHS] (VHS Tape)

This is not a great film. It may not even be a very good one, but I have yet to see a performance by Keanu Reeves that I didn't find fascinating. In this oddball dark comedy, which does have some very funny scenes, he is terrific.He also has wonderful chemistry with Amy Madigan and a killer haircut !

12 of 15 people found the following review helpful:

5.0 out of 5 stars KEANU REEVES FANS STEP THIS WAY, August 20, 1999

By A Customer

This review is from: Prince of Pennsylvania [VHS] (VHS Tape)

This movie is quite good.

It's a quirky piece (not always a mainstream man is our Mr Reeves) and Keanu shows promise for his comedic turns in later films.

The storyline may not be an armchair thriller, but it works. Dysfunctional family, odd romance, kidnap (no ransom)spiked coffee.

Keanu shows his youthful exuberance again as the misfit teen with a special gift for mechanical stuff and scheming.

It's no blockbuster, but it conveys small town life well and that everyone's business IS everyone's business. The only escape is to get outta there.

Love the hairdo Ke!

6 of 7 people found the following review helpful:

3.0 out of 5 stars Young wacky and crazy Keanu, April 11, 2003

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"myratings" (Tampa, FL United States) - See all my reviews

This review is from: Prince of Pennsylvania [VHS] (VHS Tape)

An offbeat film with offbeat characters. Keanu is fun but the older woman he has an affair with was definitely miscast. There is no believability in the chemical attraction there. Keanu kidnaps his Dad for money but his plan backfires. The whole family is offbeat and a little wacky. Watch only if you're a Keanu fan.
Marilyn in Florida