What a horrible long, slow, boring movie. I specifically went on here to check ratings. People rated this high, & the critics rated this high. It has one of my favorite actors in it Robert Duvall. So I rented it. From the moment it started I was wanting to fast forward. Long scenes of nothing but her in her car driving-seen from a distance. How boring is that? Then all these scenes of her at pay phone booths calling her husband. How much more boring can a movie get if for the first 20 minutes you see nothing but a car driving from a distance? Then you see her pull over at a pay phone & call her husband who screams & yells at her to come home. Then she picks up a hitch hiker who turns out to be a guy who's brain damaged from football. No good conversation will come from him. They drive around aimlessly neither one has an idea where to go or what they want out of life. Booorrrring. The last 10 minutes are the only bit of excitement you'll get out of this. She gets a speeding ticket & the cop (Robert Duvall) asks her out. She goes to the cop's moterhome & they get all lovey dovey. She decides she's made a mistake & tries to leave. He says he's not letting her leave. The next thing we know braindamaged ex-football star breaks in & saves her from getting raped. The cop has a little girl who finds her Daddy's gun & shoots ex-football star who's beating up her Daddy. The end. Depressing boring movie. Do yourself a favor & watch something else.
Review of The Rain People
