Directed by:
Albert BrooksCinematography:
Eric SaarinenComposer:
Arthur B. RubinsteinCast:
Albert Brooks, Julie Hagerty, Garry Marshall, Donald Gibb, Raynold Gideon, Art Frankel, Ernie Brown, Charles Boswell, Michael Greene, Michael Cornelison (more)VOD (1)
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In this hysterical satire of Reagan-era values, written and directed by Albert Brooks, a successful Los Angeles advertising executive (Brooks) and his wife (Julie Hagerty) decide to quit their jobs, buy a Winnebago, and follow their Easy Rider fantasies of freedom and the open road. When a stop in Las Vegas nearly derails their plans, they're forced to come to terms with their own limitations and those of the American dream. Brooks's barbed wit and confident direction drive Lost in America, an iconic example of his restless comedies about insecure characters searching for satisfaction in the modern world that established his unique comic voice and transformed the art of observational humor. (Criterion)
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At the beginning, it had a promising start for a film that would be interesting both in terms of dialogue and the overall story. After the spouses arrived in Las Vegas, it started to get a bit dull, and the development was slightly bizarre but essentially uneventful. Albert Brooks is a great civil actor, but as a director, he didn't quite excel in this case.
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