Interstate 60 (2002)

Surprisingly incoherent and boring

An absolute waste of money

If you like to be scared, if you like to laugh, and if you like to learn a thing or two at the movies, this absolutely cannot be missed.

It really made me laugh, but for some moments I was tearing up because I could relate so much.

Interstate 60 is one very strange but one very cool movie, that features a man searching for the great mysteries of life on a road that doesn't exist on any map. On Interstate 60, your wildest dreams or worst nightmares can come true, so you have to be careful where you get off. You might find yourself in a town that's full of insane laws, where everyone is a lawyer. On the other hand, you might find yourself in a town dedicated to partying, where every resident is high on drugs 24/7. There are strange drifters, weird road side attractions, and caught in the middle of everything is Neal Oliver (James Marsden), who isn't sure why he's there. At first, I just thought this film was weird and over my head, but as time went by, I started to see the genius of it. How it shows us that taken to the extreme, what we really want isn't what we want at all, and that most of us don't really know what the hell we want. James Marsden is the star and he is fantastic, paired with a non-stop flow of cameos everywhere he stops. This virtually unknown film has appearances by Michael J. Fox, Ann-Margert, Christopher Lloyd, Kurt Russell, and the list goes on and on. How they got all these guys to appear in a direct to video feature is beyond me, but take it from me, this isn't your typical b-movie. This film is one of the most unique stories you will ever see and even if you don't fully understand everything that's happening, you'll keep watching simply to see who and what comes next.

So I've been watching Interstate 60 once every year or so since it came out and I can't believe how well it holds up.Essentially the film follows a man named Neal, played by James Marsden, as he is thrust into a bizarre road trip on his 22nd birthday.At its heart, I60 is an old school scifi/road trip movie, more in the vein of a twilight zone than it is Star Wars, which is to say not at all. The movie boasts a rogues gallery of talent from Marsden to Christopher Lloyd to Kurt Russell to Gary Oldman to Amy Smart to Michael J Fox, but this isn't a lot of flash and band, but rather more of a cerebral and whimsical storyline.Everyone that I've recommend this film to has hated it, each and everyone, which means that either most of my friends simply have bad taste when it comes to film or I'm insane.Watch the movie.

An all American road-trip, with a difference, the difference being morals, don't think this counts as a spoiler... The main protagonist is a rich brat about to go to college but wondering what life really holds in terms of answers, and what he gets is a road trip down a road that doesn't really exist...He learns to trust himself, be true to himself, some pretty standard morals, but is faced with some tricky decisions and shown some people who chose otherwise, pretty amusingly as far as we are concerned.Ultimately the young man has to face his demons, and you need to watch it to see how he comes out!Loved this film, really truly loved it, the characterisation, the cast, the sublime satire, truly a wonderful piece of work.

I am an admitted cinephile of sorts, and when I first saw this movie recommended to me by netflix, I cringed at the cover and the description. I read Gary Oldman's name and became perplexed...he has very deliberate choices in roles (aka tends not to be in too many bad movies) so I was immediately pawned into watching it, if for nothing else to see what Oldman was doing in this thing. Well, without giving much away - I was blown back. I mean, wow - this movie has some of the wittiest dialogue, most interesting characters, crazy situations, and in-depth philosophy of any movie I have ever seen. It fully deserves the ten/ten stars. It seems kind of cheesy at times, but even the harshest of critics tend to love this movie.This is one of my go to movies when someone wants me to show them a great movie they have never seen. It will make you truly laugh AND truly think about important questions - an exceedingly rare combo in films these days.