Good movie, but best of all time? Hardly . . .

it is finally so absorbing because it plays like a lyrical road odyssey that’s also a detective story.

It's simply great fun, a winsome film and an occasionally over-the-top luxury fantasy that never flags.

It's the kind of movie you'll want to see a second time with someone who hasn't seen it yet, to remember what it was like to watch it for the first time.

To all you lot out there canning this movie: Take this! I hope my 10 here ups the score at least somewhat!Engaging, intriguing, right from the start. I tend to choose movies I'm often not too happy with, usually there's a considerable lot of dorky stuff involved in the script and acting and general presentation, but this one, this one's a hot hit with me! I can enthuse about delightfully pretty Chloë Grace Moretz AND at the same time tell you the kid can act, she is one day gonna be a big star OKAY she already is, I've just seen none of her other stuff, but boy, am I hooked, reeled in, swallowed the bait hook, line and sinker, yeah baby!By some coincidence, as luck would have it, I'm watching Billie Piper in the British TV series SECRET DIARY OF A CALL GIRL and this little Chloë, she looks like the kid sister of that one, especially in the facial close-up scene's in Eddie's truck.And can Chloë Grace act! She is every bit her tragically comic character. And the most hug-worthy little darling you've ever set your eyes on. I'm a most recent CGM convert, like now. Well, some time ago I downloaded the trailer, but that was just to scout the movie. Now with my big screen I can just sit here agape at the sight of a budding Hollywood goddess.My one complaint: My DVD from the UK doesn't have subtitles. And these characters speak down Southern. Every now and then words that I can't quite decipher, even whole sentences. Coulda real easily been fixed with a good ol' subtitle track. But somebody in DVDsville skimped.

If you want some lightweight comedy and do not have a very unique sense of humour, do not watch this movie.But even as a tough drama it is not a really interesting work. The basic setting has a lot of potential and I am sure the book is great, but in the movie the story just goes very fast new characters are introduced very fast and relations between characters are created in an instant without giving them time to develop.Due to a good soundtrack and performance by Chloë Grace Moretz Hick still managed to focus my attention till the end featuring several minor plot twists.I would recommend this movie only to the real Chloë Grace Moretz fans who want to see all of her works.

I like highbrow drama as much as the next person, but at the 1 hour mark, nothing much had still happened in this movie.Blake Lively looked confused and not much vested in her role. It's likely she signed on to do this film with expectations, but once it was underway, she lost interest. I love Chloe and probably only made it to 1 hour because she was interesting to watch, but again, nothing interesting happened.Eddie Redmayne is a great actor but even he couldn't save this limp "story". Even after the "murder scene", I was bored and ended up turning it off.What a waste of actors, money, and film.

Based on Andrea Portes' semi-autobiographical novel, this is an icky film that follows white trash teenager Chloe Grace Moretz as she runs away from home and narrowly avoids being raped by just about everybody - until she perhaps doesn't. The main problem is that they just go way out of the way to make Moretz such delectable jail bait - she's either in short shorts or panties for a good portion of the movie, which if you're over 17 feels really pervy. It's too bad, because Moretz is great in the movie. It's no secret she's an awfully good actress, and this could very well be her best performance yet. The other actors, including Juliette Lewis, Blake Lively and particularly Eddie Redmayne, are also very good. Martini's direction is very good, as well, which leaves all the problems with Andrea Portes. Sucks for her that this is "60% autobiographical," but this story isn't really worth telling.