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Lost in America (1985)

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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,

R, 1 hr. 31 min.

Comedy

Apr 3, 2001

Warner Bros. Pictures

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Amusing satire on yuppies having a mid-life crisis.

March 22, 2011 Full Review Source: Ozus' World Movie Reviews | Comment
Ozus' World Movie Reviews

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.

May 8, 2009 Full Review Source: eFilmCritic.com | Comment
eFilmCritic.com

A complete joy from start to finish! See it before you take to the wide-open road!

October 26, 2008 Comment
Tsunami Magazine

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

January 24, 2007 Full Review Source: EmanuelLevy.Com | Comment

An amusingly bumpy ride.

May 4, 2005 Full Review Source: Lessons of Darkness | Comment
Lessons of Darkness

One Albert Brooks' best, laughs throughout.

January 5, 2005 Comment

New Yorkers have Woody Allen. Middle America has Albert Brooks.

June 22, 2004 Comment
Tyler Morning Telegraph (Texas)

Depends on your Albert Brooks' tolerance. Mine is low.

November 20, 2003 Comment (1)
Mountain Xpress (Asheville, NC)
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A couple abandons their life in the suburbs to head out on the open road until they lose their nest egg in Vegas.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

August 28, 2011
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Jim Hunter

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David Howard: He'll buy that boat from that stupid boat catalog he's been making me look at for the last two months, and he will crash that boat off Catalina Island, and he will drown and die and seals will eat him. I'm a big Albert Brooks fan. From his little parts in movies like Out of Sight to a turn to voice acting

August 8, 2006
DrZeek

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