
Brian Kessler, a journalist researching serial killers, and his photographer girlfriend Carrie set out on a cross-country tour of the sites of the killings. Sharing the ride and their expenses are Early Grayce, a paroled white trash criminal, and his girlfriend Adele. As the trip progresses, Early begins to appear more and more unstable, and Brian and Carrie begin to fear that they may have a real-life killer in the back seat of their car.... (Full plot summary below)
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Brian Kessler, a journalist researching serial killers, and his photographer girlfriend Carrie set out on a cross-country tour of the sites of the killings. Sharing the ride and their expenses are Early Grayce, a paroled white trash criminal, and his girlfriend Adele. As the trip progresses, Early begins to appear more and more unstable, and Brian and Carrie begin to fear that they may have a real-life killer in the back seat of their car.
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| Chicago Sun-TimesRoger EbertThe suspense screws up tighter than a drum-head. The characters remain believable; we have a conflict of personalities, not stereotypes. The action coexists seamlessly with the message. |
| Hartford CourantOwen McNallyIf you hop aboard this sick, unjoyful ride, you'd better bail out early. Unsafe at any speed, this dramatic vehicle goes up in flames. |
| Q Network Film DeskJames KendrickBrad Pitt's performance is crucial, and he rips into the character with a frightening sense of unhinged egomania, violently subverting the Redford-lite pretty-boy image with which so many wanted to associate him |
| VarietyLeonard KladyThough somewhat overplayed and coy about its destination, the film packs a helluva wallop. |
| Reel Talk OnlineCandice FrederickThe movie is a road trip that takes a bad turn to hell. Check it out. |
| Boston GlobeJay CarrThe best thing this film has going for it are the outstanding performances of Pitt and Lewis as a sort of white trash Romeo and Juliet cum Henry Lee and Becky. Pitt is especially believable, so much so that he eerily captures the sociopathic persona of a real-life killer from a true-crime book: the thin, easy-going veneer that masks an evil sense of an absent conscience. |
| Rolling StonePeter TraversThis kinky game of murder and eroticism is preposterous but never boring. |
| ReelViewsJames BerardinelliKalifornia is disturbing, and, while it doesn't overdo the blood, neither is the violence understated. |
| EmpireSteve BeardFormer pop promo director Sena knows how to give a glossy sheen to the blank surfaces and rough edges of roadside America, but the results look cheap and shoddy rather than seductively challenging. |
| MovieholeClint MorrisAn Absolutely riveting movie...Pitt is outstanding |