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Highway [DVD] [2001]
enlarge	Director: James Cox Actors: Selma Blair, Jared Leto, Jeremy Piven Studio: Entertainment in Video Category: DVD List Price: ~~£19.99~~ Buy New: £3.99 as of 22/11/2009 19:32 GMT details You Save: £16.00 (80%) New (11) Used (6) from £2.99 Seller: bva1518 Rating: 6 reviews Sales Rank: 21526 Format: PAL Language: English (Original Language) Rating: Suitable for 18 years and over Region: 2 Number Of Discs: 1 Running Time: 93 Minutes Shipping Weight (lbs): 0.2 Dimensions (in): 7.1 x 5.4 x 0.6 EAN: 5017239191121 ASIN: B0000649HT Theatrical Release Date: 2001 Release Date: May 13, 2002 Availability: Usually dispatched within 1-2 business days


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Customer Reviews: Showing reviews 1-5 of 6 1 2 Next » The thing is October 3, 2006 B. Forsyth (UK) 3 out of 3 found this review helpful This film apart from the glorious performances, not only from Jake and Jared, but of johnny .C. and my favourite performance by Jeremy Piven! The energy in his scene is something else. A buddy road film of the highest quality, fun, fantastic soundtrack, memorable quotes, and likable characters. br /The story is great too, maybe to be taken as a laugh, but serious entities as well. br /Then comes the direction, PERFECT!!! br /1st time director James Cox, who had another underground hit with Wonderland. Why isn't he making more films?? br /Why this film hasn't reached public cult status yet is beyond me. br /So I loved this film, my most watched DVD! A little Known gem August 29, 2002 12 out of 12 found this review helpful I was hugely impressed by this little known feature. All three leads are very impressive and the supporting cast including judgement nights Jeremy Piven are excellent. Selma Blair again oozes charisma in a performance every bit as good as her one in Storytelling. The film has a lovely renaissance feel for it's early nineties setting and the film glides by without slipping into heavy sentament or banality. I hugely recommend this title to anyone who likes there teen features with a little more punch. I think it can be best described as wild at heart meets say anything, and i mean that as a compliment. Surprisingly good March 18, 2006 2 out of 3 found this review helpful Understandable why some people didn#x27;t like it - many need a strong story and moral direction to enjoy a film. But a classic road movie is like ...... well, a road. Characters are met along the way for no apparant reason, people meet and just hang because the road has brought them together, and the details of what they#x27;re escaping are minor to the general theme of escape.pThis is an un-Hollywood film that never even tries to be Hollywood, but luckily it doesn#x27;t try too hard not to be. It just is what it is naturally.pOh, and the two leads are both sweet and gorgeous and should be a couple. Shame about the story August 21, 2002 6 out of 9 found this review helpful Meant to be a portrayal of the 90s, this film serves it's purpose as an unglamourous, styleless, and misguided tale of 3 youngsters' coming-of age. The acting in this is gorgeous. The heavenly and inately endearing Jake Gyllenhaal could charm the socks off someone with a sock fetish and the threesome work really well together. The story, however, is BAD BAD BAD. Selma Blair plays as a prostitute and the other 2 as no-hoper buddies in trouble with some kind of a mob. Weak and totally unbelieveable, it saves itself (only slightly) at the end with a friendship/loyalty message. How touching I hear you cry! But seriously, this should only be given the time of day if you're a huge fan of one of the leads. Which I now am. worth giving it a miss August 21, 2002 1 out of 11 found this review helpful The acting in this is gorgeous. The heavenly yet impulsively pathetic Jake Gyllenhaal could charm the socks of anybody and the threesome are all incredibly talented, with Selma Blair as a prostitute and the other two as no-hoper buddies in trouble with some kind of mafia gang. The story however is BAD BAD BAD. Totally unbelievable and weak, but saves itself (only slightly) at the end with a warming friendship message. Only bother watching if you're a huge fan of one of the leads. Which I now am. Showing reviews 1-5 of 6 1 2 Next »

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