Infamously one of the biggest box office bombs of its time, "Honky Tonk Freeway" (1981), In my opinion, wasn't as bad as others have insinuated it to be.
The plot is pretty thin. A small Florida town named Ticlaw financially dependent on tourism is denied its own exit on a newly built Interstate, so it's mayor and citizens go to some pretty extreme lengths to get the tourists to their town. While that's going on, dozens of people from across the country are all making their way to Miami, and along the way, the movie becomes a mix of "Nashville", and "it's a Mad Mad Mad Mad World" (without the racing aspect), and the whole Ticlaw plot pretty much becomes a subplot to bring all the other characters into the same place.
It's a very sleazy movie, and usually shows some of the worse parts of life, and people who are clearly in a rough state, but a lot of times when the movie does these sort of scenes, they just come off as pretty chaotic or cramped. On the bright side though, there are some pretty funny jokes, and it kinda works as a satire of America. Watching it feels like watching a lesser "Nashville", a movie I mentioned above.
Half of the characters are, like the plot, pretty thin. Some are annoying, but some are funny. Unfortunately, this is a type of movie based mostly around characters, which like I said was only done well with a few characters. Half the acting is actors putting on goofy accents, but some of it was done good enough. I wanted to also talk about this movie's action, which is mostly cheesy with its sound effects, but it does work, even though it hardly even is an action movie.
The songs are averagely decent, but aren't razzie worthy. The rest of the soundtrack, which I could easily tell was composed by Elmer Bernstein, was better than the songs. It's cinematography, costumes, sets, and stuff like that was average but nothing special.
Overall, it's thin with its plot and characters, but it's pretty funny. 6/10.
The plot is pretty thin. A small Florida town named Ticlaw financially dependent on tourism is denied its own exit on a newly built Interstate, so it's mayor and citizens go to some pretty extreme lengths to get the tourists to their town. While that's going on, dozens of people from across the country are all making their way to Miami, and along the way, the movie becomes a mix of "Nashville", and "it's a Mad Mad Mad Mad World" (without the racing aspect), and the whole Ticlaw plot pretty much becomes a subplot to bring all the other characters into the same place.
It's a very sleazy movie, and usually shows some of the worse parts of life, and people who are clearly in a rough state, but a lot of times when the movie does these sort of scenes, they just come off as pretty chaotic or cramped. On the bright side though, there are some pretty funny jokes, and it kinda works as a satire of America. Watching it feels like watching a lesser "Nashville", a movie I mentioned above.
Half of the characters are, like the plot, pretty thin. Some are annoying, but some are funny. Unfortunately, this is a type of movie based mostly around characters, which like I said was only done well with a few characters. Half the acting is actors putting on goofy accents, but some of it was done good enough. I wanted to also talk about this movie's action, which is mostly cheesy with its sound effects, but it does work, even though it hardly even is an action movie.
The songs are averagely decent, but aren't razzie worthy. The rest of the soundtrack, which I could easily tell was composed by Elmer Bernstein, was better than the songs. It's cinematography, costumes, sets, and stuff like that was average but nothing special.
Overall, it's thin with its plot and characters, but it's pretty funny. 6/10.