Lost in America (1985)
Average Rating: 7.9/10
Reviews Counted: 25
Fresh: 24 | Rotten: 1
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Fresh: 1 | Rotten: 0
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Bored with their cushy suburban existence, yuppie David (Albert Brooks) talks his wife Linda (Julie Hagerty) into selling everything they own and hitting the road to "see America." As a starting-over gesture, David and Linda are romantically remarried in Las Vegas -- which, ironically, proves to be the beginning of the end of their idyll. In short order, Linda loses their life's savings, the couple nearly self-destructs at Hoover Dam, they take blue-collar jobs in a go-nowhere Arizona town,
Feb 15, 1985 Wide
Apr 3, 2001
Warner Bros. Pictures
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Cast
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Albert Brooks
David Howard -
Julie Hagerty
Linda Howard -
Garry Marshall
Casino Manager -
Art Frankel
Employment Agent -
Michael Greene
Paul Dunn -
Maggie Roswell
Patty -
Tom Tarpey
Brad Tooley -
Ernie Brown
Pharmacist -
Charles Boswell
Highway Patrolman -
Donald Gibb
Ex-Convict -
Candy Ann Brown
David's Secretary -
Joey Coleman
Skippy -
Sylvia Farrel
Receptionist -
Pat Garrison
Roulette Croupier -
Radu Gavor
Bellman -
Gideon Ray
Ray -
David Katz
Boy on Bicycle -
Rex Reed (II)
Himself (on radio) -
Brandy Rubin
Paul Dunn's Secretary -
Hans Wagner
Hans -
Michael Cornelison
Front Desk Clerk -
Robert Hughes
Security Guard -
John Di Fusco
Motorcyclist -
Raul Flores
Boy on Bicycle -
Tina Kincaid
Model -
Gayle Lanza
Hostess -
Bea Manners
Trailer Park Couple -
Zeke Manners
Trailer Park Couple -
Herb Nanas
Mercedes Driver -
John C. Reade
Casino Security Guard -
Mark Sydney
Boy on Bicycle -
Byron Tong
Roulette Player -
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All Critics (29) | Top Critics (5) | Fresh (24) | Rotten (1) | DVD (4)
Amusing satire on yuppies having a mid-life crisis.
It is, I think, Brooks' masterpiece -- nothing inessential, one great scene after another, just flat-out perfect. Stanley Kubrick was an Albert Brooks fan for a reason.
A complete joy from start to finish! See it before you take to the wide-open road!
This sharply observed satire about disillusioned yuppies is Brooks' chef d'oeuvre and first commercial success, a film with an hero that's less obnoxious than the usual and a wonderful partner too, played by Julie Hagerty
An amusingly bumpy ride.
One Albert Brooks' best, laughs throughout.
New Yorkers have Woody Allen. Middle America has Albert Brooks.
Depends on your Albert Brooks' tolerance. Mine is low.
Audience Reviews for Lost in America
Super Reviewer
There are some very funny moments in Albert Brooks's script. I especially enjoyed some of the one-liners like "There's no one here I could quit to" and "If Liberace had children, this [cheap bridal suite with heart-shaped single beds] would be their room." But Brooks's neurotic delivery loses its charm, and there's something too aggressive about it. Contrasted to Woody Allen, who rarely seems threatening, Brooks seems too edgy, too close to dangerous, so that we can't laugh because we're too busy hoping he doesn't hurt someone.
Julie Hagerty is, of course, hilarious. Her sweet voice and soft temperament make her a delightful contrast to Brooks.
I also like the film's main idea. It's a satire of the yuppies' obsession with "finding oneself" on the road a la Easy Rider, which is often referenced in the film. In the voice of an employment agent, who says, "You couldn't change your life on a hundred thousand dollars a year?" Brooks needles the generation with one of the cushiest births possible.
However, I thought the film moved slowly, and there were scenes that were meant to be funny - David's pursuit of his wife at the Hoover Dam and Linda's obsession with twenty-two on the roulette table - but they failed to be all that amusing.
Overall, Lost in America is a very good satire, but not all satire leads to hilarity.
Super Reviewer
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