When three very different U.S. soldiers find themselves on an unplanned road trip across America, they form a deep bond that may be the closest thing any of them has to real family. T.K. Poole (Michael Peña), Colee Dunn (Rachel McAdams) and Fred Cheever (Tim Robbins) arrive in New York from Germany only to find their connecting flights canceled due to a power outage. Anxious to get to their respective destinations, they agree to share a rented minivan to suburban St. Louis where Cheever is to reunite with his wife and teenage son. From there, the other two plan to fly to Las Vegas where the macho T.K. wants to make an important stop before seeing his fiancée and the tough yet naïve Colee plans to pay a visit to a fallen fellow-soldier's family.But when Cheever's homecoming turns out to be a far cry from what he anticipated, the trio's one-day drive expands into an impromptu cross-country marathon. Along the way, they experience a string of surprising adventures ranging from the hilarious to the heartbreaking. As their interstate journey takes them from a barroom brawl to a high society dance to a bizarre Sunday morning church service, T.K., Colee and Cheever discover that home is not quite what they remembered and the unlikely companionship they’ve found in one another might be what matters most of all.
This was a watchable movie. I liked all three of the characters and was actually able to buy in to them becoming so close so fast. I also really enjoyed how they conveyed the knocks that I always make against our country/society as a whole. There was one scene that had me cracking up because the three vets go in to a bar where everyone in the bar is gawking at an American Idol type show. The only knock against this movie is that about half way through you start wondering where this movie is ultimately going and starting to dread that it will eventually go nowhere. And then it does.
I wouldn't really recommend that anyone rent this. Its not that its a horribly bad movie, its just not worth the money for it. I would say you can just wait for cable.
This was a watchable movie. I liked all three of the characters and was actually able to buy in to them becoming so close so fast. I also really enjoyed how they conveyed the knocks that I always make against our country/society as a whole. There was one scene that had me cracking up because the three vets go in to a bar where everyone in the bar is gawking at an American Idol type show. The only knock against this movie is that about half way through you start wondering where this movie is ultimately going and starting to dread that it will eventually go nowhere. And then it does.
I wouldn't really recommend that anyone rent this. Its not that its a horribly bad movie, its just not worth the money for it. I would say you can just wait for cable.
