This ramshackle family-reunion flick wastes fine actors in the service of a script that boasts not a single moment of emotional validity. Headstrong Lidda (Kirsten Dunst) is tired of her dead-end life in Tulsa, Okla., with her mom and mom's boyfriend. So on her 18-birthday Lidda decides to head for Las Vegas and look up Charlie Doyle (James Caan), the ne'er-do-well father who abandoned her during childhood. Lidda hooks up with wet-behind-the-ears aspiring gambler Colonel (Vincent Kartheiser), who accompanies her to Sin City to avoid paying a $4000 debt. En route, Lidda and Colonel develop a romantic bond. A veteran card shark and ex-con, Charlie is an independent typ...
Released:
2001
Rated:
R
Length:
105 mins