This 75 minute Gem is only for Kerouac fans, whether you like the movie or not. Most will not. Although it stays true to the book, the movie is too short to get into any real backstory of the characters. Many of these characters have so little screen time, that before you an give them any "meat" they are gone as the audience is taken into another scene. Anthony Edwards plays Lawrence Ferlinghetti for no real reason. He is less of a character and more of a glorified background extra as his role can be argued as pointless. Jean-Marc Barr tries very hard to give a decent performance as Jack Kerouac. However, when side characters like Patrick Fischlers performance as Lew Welch is funnier and more engaging with the audience than the lead, the movie then has a problem. Kate Bosworth is present for eye candy and nothing less. The entire movie is eye candy in one way or another, but besides the written text of the movie's book, the movie does not tell its audience anything else.
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