Monday, December 01, 2008

Interstate 60

A quirky, enjoyable little indie film with an excellent cast up its sleeve, most notably Gary Oldman as the puckish O W Grant and Chris Cooper in an extended cameo and reprise as a man who simply cannot abide lies. It's a rather fey premise - rich kid aspiring artist Neal Oliver (James Marsden) finds himself granted a wish ('to know the answer') which sends him on a brightly surreal road trip down a highway that doesn't exist on normal maps and down various perceptual side-roads - but works well, though it plays somewhat unevenly. Canadian, which figures.