July 11, 2009
Interesting movie about two guys from different backgrounds.
Chiara Caselli, Grace Zabriskie, James Russo
Two street hustlers from the Northwest, one abandoned as a child, the other rebellious scion of a wealthy and powerful family, travel as far as Rome, Italy in search of the former''s missing mother.
DVD Release Date: March 1, 2005
Stats: 1,696 reviews
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March 24, 2009Mike Waters (River Phoenix) is a handsome drifter and a male prostitute - a victim of a dysfunctional family and a painful youth. To add to his problems, he has the rare disorder known as narcolepsy, which means that he will simply fall asleep when confronted with any stressful s...( read more)
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February 14, 2009[My favourite film in the whole entire universe!]
Gus Van Sant's masterpiece, My Own Private Idaho, is a surreal character study/road movie that follows the lives of two street hustlers - Mike Waters (River Phoenix), our narcoleptic hero on a quest to find his mothe...( read more) -
August 16, 2008Filled with great performances both by Keanu Reeves and late River Phoenix, through a world of hustling and futility, we see the lives of two men who have no idea what they want out of their life. This is by far one of the most poetic, greatest gay-related movies and one of Gus V...( read more)
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July 26, 2008Great performance by River Pheonix and Udo Kier. There's this distinct Americana feel to this film that evokes the character's longing for home. The main problem was that I don't think hobos recite and enact Shakespear and quote from Chimes at Midnight for fun. While it's beau...( read more)
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September 25, 2009Poetic and surreal movie about an emotional journey of a narcoleptic male prostitute who is in search of "home", or more specifically, his mother whom he has not seen since his abandonment during childhood. Phoenix gives an intense performance as the lead (often credited as his b...( read more)
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September 18, 2009Nice cinematography, interesting characters and well-thought story. I like the strangeness of it. Neat.
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August 16, 2009The music and the scenery is what also gets me to watch this movie. Van Sant has a great eye for ambience which is a quality that this film emits.
Critic Reviews
January 25, 2006
Nick Schager, Lessons of Darkness
May 12, 2001
Peter Travers, Rolling Stone
An essential testament to the beauty and chops of the late River Phoenix... full review
January 1, 2000
Roger Ebert, Chicago Sun-Times
The achievement of this film is that is wants to evoke that state of drifting need, and it does. full review
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March 7, 2009hello dear i like hollywood movies, my favorate movie is 300
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October 30, 2006outstanding movie......river give a tramendis performance!
after watching stand by me a few yr bk i was obsesed with river [ totaly not me eiter im not the obsesive sort] so i watched all his movies off amazon and this is defo my fave. briliant.
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July 15, 2006yeah i want to see it really bad too. i went through a stage after watching stand by me for the fist time where i was completely OBSESSED with river. i'm not that obsessed anymore, but i still love him. i've heard that this movie has a lot of parts that...my parents would never ever ever let me watch haha. so i guess i'll have to wait till i'm older to see it. right now i'll have to be satisfied with running on empty and stand by me (great movie).
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June 12, 2006i want to see this movie relaly bad because i am a die-hard river phoenix fan!!!
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