Modern era prodigal son, with a different ending

Rating: 8/10 (30 August 2014)

This movie depicts the dream of most of us, despite the wrong reasons its being done for. I enjoy all the great sets and locations all across the USA I this movie. What's even greater is that the movie interacts more with the location, not just like any other movies which only take the location as a background picture. I really like how the movie uses the length of its duration to really emphasize the story into building up the details such as the characters and background story. The movie is indeed a great experience in watching. It's quite rare for me to give a score rating of 8 and above, but for this one, I was certain after watching just about a quarter of it. Emille Hirsch did a nice job in staying the fit and total for this movie. Jena Malone did just enough of a presence and help the flashbacks get a better sense to them, Marcia Gay Harden and William Hurt acted the completing set for the story nicely enough. Even supporting characters that Vince Vaughn and Kristen Stewart played had enough depth to pay attention to.