Daphne (Celia Milius) runs away from home and soon meets up with a drifter, 'Fargo' (Michael Parks). She's headed to Los Angeles and he agrees to tag along with her and show her the ropes....riding the rails, protecting herself and more. At first, their alliance is shaky and eventually it evolves into something more.
Like so many movies, the 17 year-old in the story is way older (23) and having her look way older than 17 took me a bit out of the story. At one point, someone said she looked about 14...which is crazy. But in so many films, especially older ones, rarely were actors teens when they were playing teens. Not a major problem...but she and actor Michael Parks were actually nearly the same age and looked it.
The movie itself worked okay for me...not great but not bad. Daphne seemed a bit too naive (perhaps a bit dim) and that didn't help, but I also never really felt all that drawn to the characters. But the film is reasonably interesting and worth seeing...just not a must-see at all either.
Like so many movies, the 17 year-old in the story is way older (23) and having her look way older than 17 took me a bit out of the story. At one point, someone said she looked about 14...which is crazy. But in so many films, especially older ones, rarely were actors teens when they were playing teens. Not a major problem...but she and actor Michael Parks were actually nearly the same age and looked it.
The movie itself worked okay for me...not great but not bad. Daphne seemed a bit too naive (perhaps a bit dim) and that didn't help, but I also never really felt all that drawn to the characters. But the film is reasonably interesting and worth seeing...just not a must-see at all either.