Freeway
1996 · Movie · R · 102 min · ★ 6.4 · 69% critics
After her mother is arrested, a young woman sets out to find her estranged grandmother and soon finds herself reliant on a charming ride from a school counselor. What starts like help quickly turns into a deadly pursuit as she realizes who she’s really dealing with.
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Details
- Years
- 1996
- Release date
- 1996-08-23
- Language
- English
- Rated
- R
- Runtime
- 102 min
- Max quality
- HD
- Critic score
- 69/100
- TMDB rating
- 6.4/10 (429 votes)
About
You’ll likely enjoy Freeway if you like twisted, darkly funny thrillers with high-energy chases; Not for you if you want a clean, family-friendly Little Red Riding Hood, or if the heavy violence and foul language will turn you off.
Pros: dark fairy-tale edge; standout lead performance; sharp dark comedy | Cons: graphic violence; foul language; widely divisive tone
Themes
- prison
- california
- prostitute
- sexual abuse
- detective
- runaway
- attempt to escape
- little red riding hood
- stepfather
- dysfunctional family
- murder
- serial killer
- +14 more
Cast & crew
Kiefer Sutherland
as Bob Wolverton
Reese Witherspoon
as Vanessa Lutz
Wolfgang Bodison
as Detective Breer
Dan Hedaya
as Detective Wallace
Amanda Plummer
as Ramona Lutz
Brooke Shields
as Mrs. Wolverton
Michael T. Weiss
as Larry
Bokeem Woodbine
as Chopper
Guillermo Díaz
as Flacco
Brittany Murphy
as Rhonda
Directed by Matthew Bright