Good, solid Americana

Rating: 8/10 (12 February 2000)

Whilst not the most original of films (it has to be said that 2 or 3 of the characters are walking cliches) it was still very enjoyable. The film could have been improved with a little more fleshing out of the support roles but was nonetheless very well executed. I found myself (alone of the group I saw it with) thinking of the film as fairly positive and up beat film, bar the ending of course. This film does have a lot to say, if only in cliches, and it seems to me to speak to not only 'mid-life crisis males' but to those with an interest in family life. I did like the scene with lester in the car and Led Zep playing.