The Hi-Line
by Ron Judkins
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Actor: Rachael Leigh Cook, Rainer Judd, Ryan Alosio, Tantoo Cardinal, Tom Hanson (III)Director: Ron Judkins
DVD: Region Code 1
Audio: English (Unknown); English (Original Language)
Format: Color, DVD, NTSC
Picture Format: 1.85:1
Running Time: 93 minutes
DVD Release Date: 2004-04-20
Audience Rating: PG (Parental Guidance Suggested)
Studio: Razor Digital Entertainment
Movie Reviews of The Hi-Line
Movie Review: When the highway becomes a dead end we drive on...
Summary: 5 Stars
"Did you ever want something really bad but did not know what it is?" Simple lines such as these resonate throughout this forgotten gem as two lost souls, treading the circumstantial leads of a dead end find the wherewithal and courage to drive on, about a high way to no where. The dialogue, the atmosphere, the looming freeze of the ambiance, all display an existential stupor numbed by the desolation of a forsaken world. Writer and director Ron Judkins conducts a script with as much skill and delicacy of touch as the dialogue is absorbing and contemplative. The scenery of the empty winter landscape of a rural Montana is a suited setting that strikes a tune in consonance with the able orchestration of the characters and their emotional depths amidst the duldrums of a dearth of meaning. Rachael Leigh Cook is undeniably spectacular. Every lazy eye, every shy exertion of anger, every lush yet timid expression of desire has you riveted with awe. The naturalism of her artistry is cause for celebration. This independent movie sees her display the full gamut of her talent. Any fan of her art shoud not miss this movie, nowadays become a rare find even at Amazon. What accentuates and amplifies such a compelling acting yet more is the role of Ryan Alosio, who interprets a lost soul with rankled resignation with able strength and reserve. The two begin a search for a mother who had abandoned Cook's character to a family of loving everyday folks, who are the understated threshhold of this trip to nowhere. It is not so much what they find but what they seek that matters. Upon reading the letter written by the dead estranged father to the young lady Alosio has by force of responsibility become the dispatcher of, he spells the philosophy of a movie that is, to put it mildly, damn good: "I don't believe in the presence of an almighty God or the pot at the end of the rainbow, or that anything in particular makes sense. All I know is that what matters, what we have, is what we do for each other in this world." It's with this simplicity and excess of depth that the narratiive drives onward to no sunrise or redemptive horizon. The letter will end as the movie does, by outlining the words: "it's taken me a long time to understand this..."
And the desolation of the cold Montana landscape becomes an invitation to a ball where the two seem out of place in the middle of a dance floor, yet they are, sure, exactly where they need to be.
EXCEPTIONAL, EXCELLENT AND NOT TO BE MISSED.
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