Nonureva Really Surprised!

FirstWitch A movie that not only functions as a solid scarefest but a razor-sharp satire.

Ezmae Chang This is a small, humorous movie in some ways, but it has a huge heart. What a nice experience.

Guillelmina The film's masterful storytelling did its job. The message was clear. No need to overdo.

Kuonoono An interesting historical fiction of a real letter written from Neil Cassady to Jack Kerouac. Real artsy, and poetic. Almost like Macbeth, not the story, but how it drew a character. The hero of the story, you know is in ways bad, but you feel for.

AmyD419 I sat through this whole movie waiting for something, anything to make it worth watching, and nothing. Maybe I missed some great meaning in there somewhere. After watching this my husband has vowed that I am never to go to the video store alone again! For one, there were a lot of flashbacks I could have done without. Basically this movie is about a guy who has no idea what he truly wants. He thinks he wants a stable life with a wife, a kid, a house with a white picket fence. However he thinks he can make this life with a very unstable girl. He is simply a guy who spends the whole movie doing whatever he pleases no matter what the consequences. Like most men he doesn't want to grow up nor does he know how.In the end he has accomplished nothing and neither has this movie! Save the rental! A better lot of movies in this genre would be "Brother's McMullen" or "She's the One" both by Edward Burns. He at least has a point!

Iceman-23 Seeing this film for the first time is like being introduced to that friend or lover you always dreamed about. Neal Cassady, the hero of Jack Kerouac's On The Road and Visions Of Cody, comes to life on the screen, having the same effect as James Dean used to; as the old cliche goes: women want him, men want to be him. Taken from a letter Cassady wrote to good ol' Jack, the story meanders around the lives of Cassady, his pool hall boozer friend Harry, and his lovely but melancholy girlfriend Joan (played exquisitely by Claire Forlani, who is in my humble opinion one of the most beautiful and gifted people working in Hollywood today). So, not to give too much of the plot away, Neal manages to have his decisions made for him; whether this is by fate or by his own personality is left up to the viewer. Stephen Kay follows Cassady and recreates a legend before our eyes. And whoever discovered Thomas Jane deserves a big ol' kiss. The film delivers, and the spirit of the Beats once again is given a voice and, as it were, an image.

ed-127 Like many movies nostalgic for a care-free past, this film maintains the notion that reckless abandon and a laissez-faire approach to living life is a viable option, a view that is expressed far too infrequently in today's society. Here we have the classic early Brando protagonist with a twist--he's really a philosopher under that white t-shirt with the sleeve rolled up. The film remains true to the letters that it is based on, and exemplifies the exuberant and excited writings of Neal Cassady. And though Reeves does remain somewhat annoying throughout the film, his role is a minor one that does not distract from an otherwise engaging film.