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Freeway (1996) 6.7
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6.7/10 from 17,934 users
Metascore: 61/100
Reviews: 190 user | 55 critic | 15 from Metacritic.com A twisted take on 'Little Red Riding Hood' with a teenage juvenile delinquent on the run from a social worker traveling to her grandmother's house and being hounded by a charming, but sadistic, serial killer/pedophile. Director:Matthew BrightWriter:Matthew Bright |
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Cast
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Little Red Riding Hood for the 1990's: After her mom and step-dad are arrested, 15-year-old Vanessa Lutz decides that instead of once again being put into a foster home, she'd rather go and search for the grandmother she's never met, and live with her. "On the way to grandma's house," (actually a trailer park) Vanessa's car breaks down, and she's picked up from the side of the road by Bob Wolverton, a counselor at a school for troubled boys. Bob slowly earns Vanessa's trust, and eventually convinces her to talk about her sexual abuse at the hands of her stepfather. When Vanessa realizes that Bob is enjoying what she's saying, she realizes that he's "The I-5 Killer," from the news. She tries to get out of his truck, but the inside door handle has been removed... Written by Daniel Aubrey White <white@mortimer.com>
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Her life is no fairy tale. See more »Motion Picture Rating (MPAA)
Rated R for strong lurid violence and sexual dialogue, some sexual situations, drug content and language | See all certifications »Parents Guide:
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Country:
USALanguage:
EnglishRelease Date:
3 September 1997 (France) See more »Also Known As:
Auto-Estrada do Inferno See more »Box Office
Budget:
$3,000,000 (estimated)Company Credits
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Vanessa: You can keep 'em.
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Written by Alan Lee Backer
Performed by The Twanglers
Published by Rig Rock Songs and Fat Lip Music
Administered by Bug Music
Courtesy of Diesel Only Records
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Did You Know?
Trivia
Twin actresses Brittany Daniel and Cynthia Daniel were offered and turned down the part of twins Brenda and Bonnie in the movie. See more »Goofs
When Bob and Vanessa are eating in a diner, Bob says "Yes, it's a form of senility," and a tissue which was sitting beside a plate vanishes in this shot. See more »Quotes
Rhonda: I don't get how a person could go through their whole lives never being into girls. I just... I love girls.Vanessa: You can keep 'em.
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Crazy Credits
The beginning credits play over a series of color drawings (in a style similar to cartoonist 'Robert Crumb (I)' (qv)) in a hip retelling of the Little Red Riding Hood story. See more »Soundtracks
"TWO HEARTS"Written by Alan Lee Backer
Performed by The Twanglers
Published by Rig Rock Songs and Fat Lip Music
Administered by Bug Music
Courtesy of Diesel Only Records
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"Freeway" was one of those movies that we happened to come across, and it turned out to be fairly interesting. We had seen Reese Witherspoon in "A Far Off Place" a few years earlier, but "Freeway" was the movie that really introduced us to her. She plays Vanessa Lutz, a teenage girl who runs away from home and gets picked up by a man named Bob Wolverton (Kiefer Sutherland), only to find out something very unpleasant that leads to a most unusual series of events.
For the most part, you might call this one of those quirky movies that pops up every once in a while. If it has any greater meaning, I guess that it's sort of saying that no matter where we go, there are some things that we just can't escape.