Kwik Stop

A wonderful little independent film. I had the chance to see this at SXSW in 2002.

Kwik Stop starts out like your normal Boy Meets Girl, boy and girl go on road trip, boy and girl get into trouble type film. It quickly leaves that genre however and ends up in some completely other place.

It bounces from comedy to melodrama about half way through. All of the performances are wonderful and the writing is good (if not at all times believable). Some of the dialogue was a bit too over the top for my tastes and the ending had me asking "why". I think had this film stayed more light-hearted I would have liked it more. But for the Writer/Director's first effort it was well worth seeing!

The usual summer line-up isn't complete without the mandatory "Boy Meets Girl" comedy. These films are not to be taken seriously for the intended reason that they are a mere subterfuge for other activities within the theater.

This film begins with some of the light hearted comedic sense of the "BMG" films but with fluidity that captures the viewer into the fantasy. Fantasies never last long and fluidity turns to turbulence and a sense of chaos. Soon enough, the viewer is awoken from paradise and thrown into what could be described as a David Lynch type directive with the unknown striking at any moment as if one is driven down a road in complete darkness, with twists and turns imminent.

This film is not sugar coated and you will not be spoon fed. It is not meant to be "Chicken Soup for the Soul", however, may leave you searching for what comfort remains.

I saw this film at the 2001 LA film festival. Loved it. Direction is flawless, performances outstanding, cinematography excellent. Could be cut down by a few minutes, but otherwise, a brilliant film.

Looking forward to more output by all involved.

Prime video popped this film in front of us and my partner and I were enchanted from the get-go.

Super-tight script, clever cinematography plus great casting with mad events occurring.

This story has a romance about it as well as narrative repetition which proves and disproves.

All the characters are likeable albeit flawed and engagement is easy.

There is also a comic element throughout.

Lots of archetypes, lots of beautiful shots and a soundtrack that works.

Film is interestingly hard to place in terms of intended era. There is a mixed-up stylistic feel. We would watch it again.

Highly recommend.

I just saw this film at the St. Louis Int'l Film Festival, and it may be my favorite film of the year. Kwik Stop has some of the smartest dialogue I've ever heard, in the service of an unusually honest love-on-the-run story. The perfomances are outstanding too. This is a major, major find.