Plot similarities to Schultze Gets The Blues (2003)

Rating: 8/10 (9 July 2006)

This was a very very entertaining movie that kept you on the edge of your seat during many parts. After we were about half-way into it, I said it was an almost identical plot to "Schultze Gets The Blues." (2003). I guess you would call this a "Quest Movie." Both men (Burt Munroe and Schultze) are "foreigners" (New Zealand and Germany) going to the United States to chase a dream (motorcycle racing and Cajun music). Munroe does have to travel a greater distance than Schultze does. Both men are older and unmarried. They have spent much time thinking about taking their passions to America. Their neighbors/friends like them and overlook their obsessions and quirks because they are generally mild mannered men and good hard working people. They (the neighbors and friends) realize that these men won't be happy until their Quest is over. So they rally around them (literally and figuratively speaking) and send them off because with the men being rather seasoned in age, they might only get one chance at doing this. Both Munroe and Schultze have language difficulties, Schulze obviously having the greatest since he speaks only German. But Munroe has his own, even though he speaks English. I won't say any more than this, but if you watch the two movies you will see the striking similarities. While I am on the subject, I can't think of any female "Quest" movies like this, since women in society aren't usually encouraged to traipse across the continent, and the oceans in search of themselves. Would welcome any comments.