surprisingly pleasant

Rating: 8/10 (2 July 2007)

I was afraid of this film somehow, afraid of a tough disappointment. Then I watched it finally and, much to my surprise, got really nice two hours.
Dr. Lecter brings his best form, the side characters are cute, speed of the passing events is just perfect, one does not get bored at all.
The only thing which made me a bit confused is the reconciliation of the senile grandpa with the guy who taps every single old chick on the way. I mean I do not doubt his inner youth (who else would go for 300 km/h at the age of 68?! - as a funny remark, Burt in '67 and Hopkins at the time the movie was shot were of the same age), but still, sometimes I didn't feel the strongest coherence between these two personalities. Maybe a Gemini? Anyway.
The other interesting phenomenon is the helpfulness of every single person on the way. I was waiting for a punch, some difficulties, but didn't get much more than the wheel of the trailer flies away and the housing of the rocket gets dirty. Oh, God. Dunno, I've never been to Utah, but those parts of the World I visited so far didn't show a complete agreement with this picture... It's true that in the sixties everyone might have been on an acid trip and I was not even in the plan yet.
All in all, this is a very good road movie (reminds me pretty much of The Straight Story) with low mistakes, I can only advise to everyone. Eight out of ten.