A well-intentioned, sweet-natured road movie about a young woman's voyage of self-discovery is undone by its naivete. Twenty-two-year-old Julia (Marisa Ryan), who six months earlier broke up with longtime boyfriend Mark (Michael Reilly Burke) because she
wasn't ready to commit, receives a postcard from him proposing marriage. So she decides to hitchhike from her home in San Diego up to Spokane, WA, where he's just passed his bar exam and wants to set up housekeeping. Trouble is, Julia keeps getting distracted by the eccentrics she meets on the
road, including a speed freak (Doug Hutchison) with a Jim Morrison fixation, an aging hippie (Beth Grant) with a truckload ...
Released:
1997
Rated:
R
Length:
90 mins