Smartorhypo Highly Overrated But Still Good

BoardChiri Bad Acting and worse Bad Screenplay

Plustown A lot of perfectly good film show their cards early, establish a unique premise and let the audience explore a topic at a leisurely pace, without much in terms of surprise. this film is not one of those films.

Suman Roberson It's a movie as timely as it is provocative and amazingly, for much of its running time, it is weirdly funny.

LindsayJWebb The best thing about this movie is the opening scene, where Neal Cassady is doing more daydreaming and dancing then he is working on his writing. The beginning of the movie screams to Cassady's life, and shows the audience a Marlon Brando type character that had strong ties with folks like, Allen Ginsberg and Jake Kerouac. Cassady, a forgotten literary figure with more passion for creativity then progress in writing, would later become the character to drive the bus in Ken Kesey's, The Electric Kool-Aid Acid Test. It is important to note, that while Cassady had only one decent literary publication, his zealous outlook on life was borrowed by some of the "great literary beat writers" in America.The Actor Keanu Reeves, who I have never been a huge fan of, does an excellent job of shedding light on Cassady's constant dissonance about leaving the life of a beat writer, for the life of a 9-5 working man with a stable house, beautiful wife, and loving family.The movie overall, is about this dissonance, is about the passion that Cassady had for both the creative life and the more stable environment of the family life. Sadly, Cassady was unable to find balance between the two.Do not expect, watching this movie that it will touch your life with a "wow-effect" forever. It is not some type of magical-beat-generation-movie that you can philosophize about for hours, it is just a pretty good movie.What you can keep with you forever, however, is the soundtrack to this movie, The Last Time I Committed Suicide. With scores of music from folks like, Miles Davis, Dizzy Gillespie, Thelonious Monk, Tyler Bates, Ella Fitzgerald and Charles Mingus, this soundtrack is sure visit any jazz lovers CD player often.

reiben "this was not the last time I committed suicide..." That's such an amazing line. It's all about how you make certain choices that could make the world of difference in your future, how the road you have just chosen to take might not be the one that you most want -- but for some reason you take it anyways. That by one choice, you are killing a life that you might've had. It's a great movie! And the ending is wonderful! It's so bittersweet, so honest. It makes me wish that things were as easy as they were then. That like Neal Cassady, I could just drop everything, hop into a stolen car, and ride away --- doesn't matter where, just away.

darrengoh The only reason I rented this movie is because of Gretchen Mol. She gave a great performance as a 16 year old teenager in the 50s. Definitely dreamy. Overall the movie was kind of boring, due to lack of story. I guess you can't develop much of a story from one letter. The mood of the movie however is excellent. It captured the accent of the beat generation. Killer sound track too. I actually thought I might even enjoy it more if the whole movie is in black and white.

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!