My own private Idaho - The road that never ends

"My own private Idaho" is a movie that takes some interpretation instead of a straight review so well let me tell you the story from my point of view:

There is this guy, Mike, with his best friend Scott. They both work in street-prostitution even though only one would have to. Scott actually comes from a rich family and could live a better life if he wouldn't stick to Mike who on the other hand is kinda secretly in love with his best friend - we just dont find out if these boys are actually gay. They sell themselfs to everyone, rich guys, bored housewifes and perverts, everyone who would stop his car.

Mike suffers from narcolepsy and everytime something gets too exiting or nervous he just falls asleep and his friend has to carry him around. Mike decides to find his mother he always dreams of but who left a long time ago. He gets on the track to follow her through states and even countries, in the end left behind alone when Scott at his 21st birthday decides to get back to his safe and rich life instead of the streetlife he lived for a few years.

"My own private Idaho" is a movie to philosophize about, watch it a few times and you still do understand some more about it. In time I realized that it actually is shot like a stageplay, the scenes are a bit too surreal from time to time and Gus Van Sant worked with alot of movie-uncommon aspects.

The cast is great. We got Keanu Reeves and River Phoenix as maincharacters and Udo Kier, James Russo and William Richert next to them. This probably is one of the 2, 3 movies I find Keanu Reeves good acting in. He usually gives a movie that "dumb"-feeling, at least thats my point of view, for example as Johnny Mnemonic. But yeah in this one right here he did some very good acting!

And although the movie was shot in '91 you may get the feeling you are looking on a very latest piece of movie history. I totally recommend you to watch it!