This film is about the Christopher Walken character playing the system as he tries to reconnect with the 'son' who'd done jail time for taking the rap for him (due to the father using a cheap incompetent lawyer), as they go on a road trip in search of a 'new age' cure for his brain tumour.
The cheap trip (hence the film title) involves not only special offers but conning a lot of people as they go. So it's hard to agree with Sharon Stone's character when she says he's 'a good man'. Even the son's suspicion that the terminal illness is just another ruse grows as he finds he been lied to about everything else in his life.
That this film works at all is down to the excellent acting by a well-chosen cast. Walken even manages to generate sympathy with his infectious charm. Like many of the characters, even though we're being cheated we don't mind so much, as the damage is slight (especially compared to what corporate robbers have been getting away with since the turn of the millennium) and it's pulled off with so much panache.
So, although I dislike the way Walken leads his life, it is hard to actually dislike this film.
