The read
Audiences rate it 13 points higher than critics do. It runs a compact 1h 24m.
Synopsis
Jordan White and Amy Blue, two troubled teens, pick up an adolescent drifter, Xavier Red. Together, the threesome embarks on a sex- and violence-filled journey through a United States of psychos and quickie marts.
Ratings
IMDb6.1/10
Rotten Tomatoes55%
Metacritic48/100
Audiences rate it 13 points higher than critics do.
324 audience votes
Key crew
- Gregg ArakiDirector
- Gregg ArakiWriter
- Dan GattoOriginal Music Composer
Cast
- Rose McGowanAmy Blue
- James DuvalJordan White
- Johnathon SchaechXavier Red
- Cress WilliamsPeanut
- Dustin NguyenQuickiemart Clerk
- Lauren TewesTV Anchorwoman
- Margaret ChoClerk's Wife
- Christopher KnightTV Anchorman
- Nicky KattCarnoburger Cashier
- Johanna WentCarnoburger Co-Worker
- Perry FarrellStop 'n' Go Clerk
- Amanda BearseBarmaid
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Themes
friendshipcaliforniarobberynazinihilismeroticismblow jobcontroversypunk rocksurrealismsevered headdrifter