Three runaway girls hijack a car.Three runaway girls hijack a car.Three runaway girls hijack a car.
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7.0/10
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- Director
- Writers
- Deborah Attoinese(story)
- Amy Dawes(screenplay)
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- Deborah Attoinese(story)
- Amy Dawes(screenplay)
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Storyline
Life in a Detroit suburb is closing in on Zoe and her two friends, Sarah and Ally. They decide to skip class, skip town, hijack a car and head west following Zoe's desire to find meaning in her Native American heritage. The girls cross paths with Cecilia, an Englishwoman totally out of place in the West. She is on a mission of her own: to fulfil her mother's last request: and scatter he ashes in a mysterious in New Mexico. Zoe believes that destiny has brought them together and the two embark upon a spiritual journey through the blazing western desert. When Zoe gets lost it takes a Native American spiritual leader and the spirits of her Cherokee guardians to find her and bring her back to safety.
- Taglines
- Three Runaway Girls Experience the Adventure of a Lifetime
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- Not Rated
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- TriviaThe last feature film role of actress Kim Greist, who retired from acting after one last television role on "Judging Amy".
- GoofsWhen the girls are in Michigan and Illinois, they are shown passing through a semiarid desert landscape, way too dry for any place in that region.
Top review
Wonderful movie
A wonderful movie about two characters crossing paths at just the right moment in their lives. The understated Jenny Seacrest plays Cecilia, a recently divorced Brit driving through America's Southwest to bury her mother's ashes. Vanessa Zima is Zoe, a sweetly innocent teen escaping a troubled home with her two hoodlum friends (Stephi Lineburg, Victoria Davis), on their way to mystical New Mexico. Cecilia ends up giving the teens a ride, and a special bond develops between her and Zoe. Cecilia finds her mom's old desert cabin, along with her mom's native American lover, Red Shirt (Gordon Tootoosis). As Cecilia learns more about her mother, Zoe seeks enlightenment at the Indian burial grounds. The metaphors for death and reawakening are plenty, and I was entranced by the spiritual journeys of these two characters.
Director Deborah Attoinese shows a sure hand as she deftly deals with weighty issues while keeping the characters real. The script, by Attoinese and Amy Dawes, features characters asking themselves some of life's biggest questions, yet it never loses the charm of these characters nor the fun tone of the movie. The performances are all top notch, and Zoe moves at just the right pace. Zoe looks great, and the desert locales beckon. This movie is a hidden treasure, and it deserves to be seen.
Director Deborah Attoinese shows a sure hand as she deftly deals with weighty issues while keeping the characters real. The script, by Attoinese and Amy Dawes, features characters asking themselves some of life's biggest questions, yet it never loses the charm of these characters nor the fun tone of the movie. The performances are all top notch, and Zoe moves at just the right pace. Zoe looks great, and the desert locales beckon. This movie is a hidden treasure, and it deserves to be seen.
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- jooillim
- May 26, 2006
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