Adrien Brody, Claire Forlani, Gretchen Mol
Thomas Jane stars as Beat writer and Jack Kerouac-crony Neal Cassady, in a promising film that quickly flops. Based on a letter Cassady wrote to Kerouac, the highly stylized film by Stephen Kay pretty...( read more
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DVD Release Date: September 13, 2005
Stats: 88 reviews
I seem to be the only person who actually liked this film. I'm a big fan of Kerouac and I loved the Neal Cassady letters and as much as I?d looked forward to this film, I kind of knew it was never going to live up to the books. I was pleasantly surprised though, even though the c...( read more)
Horrid disappointment. The movie couldn't be more tiring and slow and lacking point, while only Adrien Brody gave a decent performance. Definitely a movie that does absolutely no justice to the captivating geniuses answering to the names Jack Kerouac and Neal Cassady. Bad-tasted ...( read more)
Let's make a movie about some jerk off guy who knew jack Kerouac, put in lots of 'film school' style shots and a few big names, and no one will notice that it sucks BIG TIME.
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why is the plot really a review? wt if i actually wanna hear wt this movie is about instead of hearing how i should watch some other movie first?
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