There's not much edification in store, and [director] Bright cruises over some bumpy plot holes, but the teen's perspective does put a black comic spotlight on wider social hypocrisies.
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01/26/06
Freeway (1996)
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Reviews Counted:35
Fresh:26
Rotten:9
Average Rating:6.4/10
Runtime: 1 hr 42 mins
Genre: Comedies
Synopsis: A hip, darkly comic on-the-road tale about a young woman who has an unfortunate encounter with a figurative big, bad wolf while hitching a ride to grandma's house to escape her abusive family.... [More]
Starring: Reese Witherspoon, Kiefer Sutherland, Dan Hedaya, Amanda Plummer
Director: Matthew Bright
Reviews for Freeway
Top CriticNo review available.
06/09/05
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08/29/02
A white-trash riff on Little Red Riding Hood, the oddly titled Freeway is a road movie that hits a dead end.
01/01/00
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03/24/02
Top CriticThe great cast brings light-hearted humor and credibility to what could otherwise have been seen as a sickly exploitative (though well-written and directed) script.
06/05/02
Like it or hate it (or both), you have to admire its skill, and the over-the-top virtuosity of Reese Witherspoon and Kiefer Sutherland.
01/01/00
Top CriticI didn't particularly want to like Freeway, but I couldn't help myself. Reese Witherspoon made me.
10/15/02
No review available.
01/30/03
No review available.
10/10/05
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08/09/02
If you're into despicable trash that is completely without redeeming value, Freeway is for you.
01/01/00
Shockingly dark and nasty take on the Red Riding Hood tale.
11/28/02
One of the most stubbornly original and electrifying films not only of 1996, but of the '90s, period.
02/13/08
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05/31/05
No review available.
09/28/05
No review available.
07/08/03
We are clobbered with excess as if we wouldn't understand a subtle fable.
04/17/02
Cynical, stylish and witty.
07/12/02
It's one of the sickly funniest movies you're ever likely to encounter.
01/01/00
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