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Freeway (1996) 6.9
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6.9/10 from 21,594 users
Metascore: 61/100
Reviews: 196 user | 62 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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Chopper
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Cop #1
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Cop at Truckstop
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Detective Mike Breer
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Doctor
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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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Language:
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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Cop #1: You're on methadone?
Ramona Lutz: Would you please give me a cigarette?
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Written and Performed by Ben Vaughn
Published by Quonset Music
Administered by Bug Music
Courtesy of Bar/None Records
By Arrangement with Ocean Park Music Group
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Did You Know?
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The photo of Vanessa's father that she shows to Bob is of mass murderer Richard Speck. See more »Goofs
When Vanessa enters the Hi-Way Café, as the glass door closes behind her, the reflection of a boom operator holding up a long boom pole is visible. See more »Quotes
Ramona Lutz: I *do* clean up sir, its just that I'm under a lot of stress. My sister died three months ago and I am trying to get off methadone.Cop #1: You're on methadone?
Ramona Lutz: Would you please give me a cigarette?
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Crazy Credits
The beginning credits play over a series of color drawings (in a style similar to cartoonist Robert Crumb) in a hip retelling of the Little Red Riding Hood story. See more »Soundtracks
DESCAFEINADOWritten and Performed by Ben Vaughn
Published by Quonset Music
Administered by Bug Music
Courtesy of Bar/None Records
By Arrangement with Ocean Park Music Group
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Move over, Pulp Fiction. Freeway is totally outrageous, over the top hilarious, yet it all somehow has the ring of either truth or understanding or both. The performance delivered by Reese Witherspoon was not only great, it was startlingly great and the best thing I've seen her do. Each turn in the story hit me like a slap in the face, each new character was like a gift, but Reese Witherspoon playing the queen of trailer park trash was done like a symphony. Fantastic!