An academic obsessed with "roadside attractions" and his tv-star daughter finally discover the world's largest ice cream cone, the centerpiece for an old gold-rush town struggling to stay on the map. They end up staying longer than expected because of an accident that spilled an unknown cola ingredient all over the highway. They spend the next few days with the various residents of the town which include a teenage girl who loves to blow things up and a boy trying to keep alive his fathers dream of building a beachside resort in the middle of the desert.
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Yawn. Poorly Filmed Snooze Fest.
Awesome Movie
This is a tender, generous movie that likes its characters and presents them as real people, full of flaws and strengths.
It's funny, it's tense, it features two great performances from two actors and the director expertly creates a web of odd tension where you actually don't know what is happening for the majority of the run time.
the only reason i rented this movie was because i saw christina ricci on the cover, she is one of the most beautiful and talented girls ever. this movie wasn't too bad, but sometimes stupid. this whole movie focuses on this coca cola crap and the mysterious death of a truck driver in a small town. they have a pretty funny cast, a dad and his stuck up actress wannabe from l.a, played by ( kate hudson) and some other people that i am too lazy to describe. christina was the best, she was this obsessed with fire gothic chick. she is so beautiful. not bad movie, pretty funny, great music
I just finished seeing Desert Blue for the first time and my first impressions for this movie are good. I liked this movie for it's simplicity and well written monologues which entangle you in it's story line enough to take you through the entire movie. It's young cast is good enough to portray somewhat lost teenagers in what would be best described as "small town U.S.A." All except for the sometimes over played, but not this time, "kid star/rich girl" portrayed by Kate Hudson. I did though have a problem with the way the movie develops as it seems to leave as hanging awaiting for a "ad they lived happily ever after" tag Line but then again I guess that was implied in the movie itself. I'd definitely recommend it. I just finished watching it and I can't wait to see it again.
Another indie film set in the California desert, kind of the same as others --- except different, just like the real lives of people in those isolated towns. This one has numerous cute and appealing perspectives, and makes you laugh often. One minor but distracting error: the pay phone for a callback number has a 702 area code, which was formerly all of Nevada, yet the film is supposedly set in fictional Baxter, California. (Reason is that it was shot in historic Goldfield, NV, which at the time actually WAS in area code 702, although it has since been changed and only Vegas is 702 now). Watch "Desert Blue" -- it's well done, and you'll enjoy it.
"Desert Blue" is both mildly entertaining and boring. Brendan Sexton III and Kate Hudson cute romance is the only reason I like this movie. Both actors have bright futures in Hollywood. The movie should have focused more on them instead of all these boring supporting characters. The first movie by this director "Hurricane Streets" is a much better movie.
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