6 of 6 people found the following review helpful:
4.0 out of 5 stars
Defies formulas, trusts the subtlety & insight of viewers, February 2, 1999
By A Customer
This review is from: Trading Favors [VHS] (VHS Tape)
This movie appears at first to be an adolescent fantasy movie, and then seems to drift into a buddy/road movie formula, but emerges on its own and defies formula and cliche. Arquette is wonderfully full, both subtle and powerful in her portrayal of this lost, wounded, strong, evasive and ultimately caring woman. I also appreciate a movie that doesn't feel the need to explain every detail, location and motivation, but instead trusts the audience to follow the story as it emerges and to go with the characters as they unfold. Ultimately, I guess I'd call it an effective, touching, thought-provoking and uncommon love and coming-of-age story told in both gentle and violent images.
I saw on Cinemax in January.
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2 of 2 people found the following review helpful:
5.0 out of 5 stars
Awesome, January 18, 1999
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This Movie is my Favorite movie of all time
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1 of 1 people found the following review helpful:
3.0 out of 5 stars
Something of a prelude to NBK & Kalifornia., January 5, 2003
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When insecure 18 year old Lincoln Muller (Devon Gummersall) and his jock friends encounter wild & seductive Alex Langley (Rosanna Arquette), they think they are in for a night of explosive passion. Instead, she steals their car and entices Lincoln to join her on a cross country crime spree, starting with the robbery of a convenience store clerk (Cuba Gooding Jr.).
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