Too much of everything

People are voting emotionally.

The best films of this genre always show a path and provide a takeaway for being a better person.

The thing I enjoyed most about the film is the fact that it doesn't shy away from being a super-sized-cliche;

Okay, okay. I wouldn't have bought this movie if it wasn't for my rather childish crush on Jared Leto. (Mind you, I'm a 30+ woman...) And next to Alexander, I think he looks at his best in this movie.But let's skip the review of Mr Leto's looks and continue to the contents of the movie. In a way this movie's fast, in other ways it's slow. It's a roller-coaster ride you're being dragged on, falling from one amazing thing into the next bizarre person. There are serious matters at hand, huge cultural events/shifts happen but there's a lot of fun to be had. Every character is awesome in its own way and no matter how freaky some characters are, you'll be able to relate to them anyway.This movie is a blast, it's like riding a very eventful Highway instead of relaxing on your couch with your bucket o' popcorn. I don't know why it never became a hit, it's probably too 'indie'. Well, I prefer indie movies then. They have something to say, have a deeper meaning apart from the fun. It's well worth to look at, more times than one even. You'll discover new things every time and amaze yourself over things you never knew existed. Different *can* be good.

I would describe this film as a cross between a Bing Crosby/Bob Hope road movie and a Cheech and Chong drug flick, except that makes Highway sound much, much better than it is. This aimless, half formed effort takes a bunch of talented actors and then has them do nothing of any importance or relevance. The story is a bunch of arbitrarily connected episodes that unspool into an ending that flies in the face of logic and common sense. The characters are cartoonishly exaggerated. The direction is utterly unremarkable, save for the inexplicable use of slow motion at seemingly random moments.The alleged heroes of this tale are Jack Hayes (Jared Leto) and Pilot Kelson (Jake Gyllenhaal). Jack is a walking penis who, despite having lots and lots of sex, hasn't had an orgasm in 5 years. Pilot is an awkward, virginal drug dealer who actually seems more out of it sober than he does stoned. The two are childhood friends who grew up in Las Vegas and appear to have stopped their emotional development at the age of 11.After Jack gets caught screwing a rich man's wife, he and Pilot flee to Seattle to avoid the rich man's thugs breaking Jack's feet. They have various misadventures along the way, such as picking up a beautiful but tough hitchhiker named Cassie (Selma Blair) that Jack falls in love with, teaming up with a 40something, omnipurpose, counter-culture drug dealer named Johnny the Fox (John C. McGinley) and checking out an alligator boy, before arriving in Seattle during the vigil for the recently suicided Kurt Kobain.As those and other sadly contrived plot developments are unrolled, we also get a bunch of characterization in Jack and Pilot that arrives out of nowhere, amounts to nothing and then vanishes into the ether. It's like the movie is trying to hint at the supposed deep and profound friendship between our two lead characters and how it's being tested in this journey. Which isn't a bad idea…but writer Scott Rosenberg and director James Cox handle it with all the subtlety of an overcooked bean burrito.The only honest enjoyment to be found in Highway is in the performance of the cast. They're playing people who are stupid, annoying and contemptible but it's still fun to watch the energy and effort they put into them. It's a little like smelling something so foul that you're impressed by how much you're repulsed. Jeremy Piven, in particular, almost gives himself a stroke as Pilot's colossally over-the-top drug connection.There are a very few moments when Highway flirts with running completely off the rails and becoming a surrealistic farce. If it had gone that direction, maybe it would have mutated into something worth seeing. However, the movie always falls back into its own poorly conceived and executed simulation of reality.Highway is the type of film that merits nothing more than a shrug. It's clear what the filmmakers are trying to do and very clear that they're not doing it all that well. Unless you're already high as a kite and capable of delighting in anything that moves and makes noise, take a pass on this movie.

This is a well-acted and perfectly cast movie about a bunch of people on the outskirts of life whose mistakes carry them in the same direction: Seattle. You may not feel deeply enlightened when it's over, but you will have a bunch of laughs on the way. I don't know what happened to this film... it just slipped through the cracks and so everyone passes it off as uninteresting, but I rather thought it was one of those overlooked jewels you are glad to have discovered. The characters are eminently likable and have those appropriate, somewhat subdued emotional journeys that give the film it's real direction. Without a doubt worth the rent.

A true movie about true friendship. Many may seem to think that a movie about two male best friends has something "gay" to it, but the truth is that there is nothing homosexual about a true brotherly love and care between two guys. People should break this prejudice. It is entertaining and fun to watch. It is based on a story about two friends (Leto & Gyllenhaal) that go on a road trip to Seattle for two different reasons. Leto's character is running away from their Nevada's home town because of troubles with his employer's wive, and Gyllenhaal's character wants to visit his high school graduation love interest that is now living in Seattle. I strongly recommend you this movie. You won't regret it.