River Phoenix and Keanu Reeves play Mike and Scott, hustlers and best friends, who embark on a journey to find Mike's mother. A lot of critics and movie fans have prasied this film over the years, but for some reason or another I always passed it over. My instincts were right. Director Gus Van Sant loosely based his script off of Shakepeare's Henry IV, at points inserting direct quotes from the play in with the modern dialogue, a tactic that comes across as forced and pretentious. As for the acting, Phoenix is superb and several of the supporting players are fine, but Reeves is in over his head. An uneven and tedious film, saved only by some nicely shot scenes and a memorable performace from Phoenix.
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