What are we rooting for in this movie?

Rating: 1/10 (29 January 2010)

What did George Clooney's character want? Who knows? At first he wants to stay on the road. But once he goes back on the road with the girl he doesn't seem to even try to prove his usefulness. Then when he gets the phone call from his boss that they are both being called back home he has a "whatever" attitude about it. So as an audience what are we rooting for???? The script was flat and boring and the ending was abrupt as useless. There was really no beginning middle and end. Just a lot of mindless depressing muddled middle. Why? What was the point?
A good script has the character striving for a goal. We relate to that goal and want him or her to attain it. However when that goal is absent as in this dreck we disconnect because we are not sure what to root for to satisfy the character. Also good scripts have a ending that satisfies us rather than an open ended ending that just leaves us confused as to why we wasted our time.