Interstate 60 (2002)
Genre: Comedy
Format Viewed: DVD
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Weird, trippy, and yet not half-bad…
Interstate 60 is another one of those weird films that I probably would’ve never chosen myself, and yet strangely found myself glued to as it entered into our home by way of my girlfriend’s NetFlix queue. We weren’t quite sure what to expect, as even she’d chosen it simply as something that had been recommended as opposed to picking it out herself, but it was one of those exhausting nights where we both really just needed a good comedy that neither of us had ever seen anymore, so we decided to give it a shot … and about two hours later it’s safe to say that we were both fairly glad that we did!
The movie takes us on a trippy, coming-of-age journey as Neil Oliver, a young, aspiring artist, strives to follow his own dreams instead of the life that his lawyer father has laid out for him. Things take a bizarre turn when Neil is granted one wish for his birthday, with the stipulation that he deliver a mysterious package to a place that doesn’t exist, via a road that doesn’t exist – Interstate 60. As you would only assume, Neil has a number of strange, yet insightful encounters along the way and in the end, well, I guess you’ll just have to watch the movie for yourself to find that out…
I was surprised to find that all in all, Interstate 60 was actually a pretty good comedy – the plot, albeit a bit weird, but it told a good story and I certainly didn’t feel robbed at the end of two hours, which is something that I can’t exactly say about a lot of the films I’ve seen in the last couple of months! The cast brought together a handful of people whom if you’re anything like me, you probably recognize just enough to not remember their names, including the guy who plays Sirius Black in the Harry Potter movies (Gary Oldman), the guy who played Cyclops in the X-Men movies (James Marsden), and the guy who played the head government guy behind the project in The Bourne Identity (Chris Cooper). All are complimented, of course, by another of my favorite underrated actresses, Amy Smart, who plays Neil’s dream girl … an easy sell, if I do say so myself.
Although I can’t exactly rank Interstate 60 up there with Office Space with regards to comedies that slipped under the radar when they were first released (and mind you, that is quite a huge one to take on anyways), I would feel ok stacking it up against something like New Suit, another comedy from 2002 that I only recently (last year) discovered late one night on HBO and found well worth the time to sit and enjoy. This is a classic example of the film that you would likely never come across unless you’re either desperate for entertainment at 3:00 am or if someone else recommends it to you, so let’s go for the latter and get this one added into your NetFlix queue the next time you login! It’ll be a pleasant change when it finally shows up in your mailbox and with any luck, you just might learn something, too…
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