OK - ya got Tom Selleck playing Tom Selleck playing the Wagnerian cowboy - and then ya got Jo Beth Williams playing Jo Beth Williams playing the retired ho with the heart of gold, and then ya got new-comer Rebekah Johnson playing the wise-cracking "Tatum O'Neil-alike" third wheel.
Ok, so what's weird vibe about that - over and above just odd - well, it's because the Rebekah Johnson character appears to be about 16 years old and the Tom Selleck character is a 50 something drunk drifter who picks up the 16 old hitch hiking and takes her on as his dusty road-traveling companion - but, oh no, there's no "lolita" vibe there, right? Wrong, there is, it's creepy.
Well, that's the problem with this one - the premise is way hinkcy and no amount of Tom Selleck mustache charm or Rebekah Johnson quirky wise-cracking, or Jo Beth Williams in jeans that were apparently painted on her changes what is basically a story about a Mann Act violation.
So, one word summary - icky.
Ok, so what's weird vibe about that - over and above just odd - well, it's because the Rebekah Johnson character appears to be about 16 years old and the Tom Selleck character is a 50 something drunk drifter who picks up the 16 old hitch hiking and takes her on as his dusty road-traveling companion - but, oh no, there's no "lolita" vibe there, right? Wrong, there is, it's creepy.
Well, that's the problem with this one - the premise is way hinkcy and no amount of Tom Selleck mustache charm or Rebekah Johnson quirky wise-cracking, or Jo Beth Williams in jeans that were apparently painted on her changes what is basically a story about a Mann Act violation.
So, one word summary - icky.