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Audiences rate it 15 points higher than critics do. Most of the 3,226 2000s drama movies in this catalog score higher.
Synopsis
In 1969, while studying at the University of Maine, artist Alan Parker becomes obsessed with death. Believing he is losing his girlfriend, he tries to commit suicide on his birthday but his friends manage to stop him. He receives news that his mother has had a stroke and decides to hitchhike to visit her at the hospital.
Ratings
IMDb5.2/10
Rotten Tomatoes23%
Metacritic37/100
Audiences rate it 15 points higher than critics do.
226 audience votes
Key crew
- Nicholas PikeOriginal Music Composer
- Mick GarrisWriter
- Mick GarrisDirector
Cast
- Jonathan JacksonAlan Parker
- Barbara HersheyJean Parker
- David ArquetteGeorge Staub
- Erika ChristensenJessica Hadley
- Cliff RobertsonFarmer
- Nicky KattFerris
- Matt FrewerMr. Clarkson
- Barry W. LevyJulian Parker
- Jackson WarrisAlan, Age 6
- Jeffrey BallardAlan, Age 12
- Peter LaCroixMature Alan
- Chris GauthierHector Passmore
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Themes
suicideex-girlfriendapoplectic strokehalloweenroller coaster / rollercoasterwoman smokinghitchhikingloss of motheradaptationvisions