Review of Lost in America (1985) by Jesse O — 18 Aug 2011
This is a good movie, it takes a while getting there, but it's good. I don't know what it was about the movie, but there was something off about it. There would be parts where I really enjoyed it and parts where I wasn't really enjoying it all.
It is a funny movie, but I don't think there were any laugh out loud moments, it's mostly just a satire on the yuppies who are taken out of their element by their own choice and it just fails on an ENORMOUS level.
I did like the end, however, when they were like "fuck this, we were wrong...let's go back to our old life." And then they proceed to do that, they make their way to New York and David tries to get his old job back, that he got himself fired from at the beginning of the movie, and the movie just ends.
It was random, but it was a good ending, it didn't overstay its welcome. Albert Brooks and Julie Hagerty are both great, as is the dialogue. But again, part of it just didn't work for me. Still a good movie, I was expecting better however.
This review of Lost in America (1985) was written by Jesse O on 18 Aug 2011.
Lost in America has generally received positive reviews.
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