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76% Tomatometer 42 Reviews 76% Audience Score 10,000+ Ratings Following the arrest of her mother, Ramona (Amanda Plummer), young Vanessa Lutz (Reese Witherspoon) decides to go in search of her estranged grandmother. On the way, she is given a ride by school counselor Bob Wolverton (Kiefer Sutherland). During the journey, Lutz begins to realize that Bob is the notorious I-5 Killer and manages to escape by shooting him several times. Wounded but still very much alive, Bob pursues Lutz across the state in this modern retelling of Little Red Riding Hood. Read More Read Less Watch on Fandango at Home Buy Now

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A modern update on the tale of Little Red Riding Hood, Freeway is an audacious black comedy with a star-making performance from the young Reese Witherspoon.

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Freeway | Rotten Tomatoes (1) Kim Newman Empire Magazine Not for the faint hearted but should have been much bigger than it was. Rated: 4/5 Sep 10, 2020 Full Review Freeway | Rotten Tomatoes (2) Joe Leydon Variety "Freeway" is a thoroughly nasty piece of work, the product of a filmmaker with a ludicrously misplaced confidence in his own cleverness. Mar 26, 2009 Full Review Freeway | Rotten Tomatoes (3) Time Out There's not much edification in store, and [director] Bright cruises over some bumpy plot holes, but the teen's perspective does put a black comic spotlight on wider social hypocrisies. Jan 26, 2006 Full Review Freeway | Rotten Tomatoes (4) Joe Lipsett Horror Queers Podcast A black comedy exploitation film with far more social commentary than expected. Sutherland and Witherspoon are magnetic and you wish they would interact more. Rated: 3.5/5 Mar 7, 2021 Full Review Freeway | Rotten Tomatoes (5) Trace Thurman Horror Queers Podcast Matthew Bright's Freeway is an intentionally offensive and hilarious update of Little Red Riding Hood with a tour de force performance from a pre-fame Reese Witherspoon. Rated: 5/5 Mar 1, 2021 Full Review Freeway | Rotten Tomatoes (6) Ren Jender Bitch Flicks Freeway is far from a perfect film but well worth seeing, even for those who don't count themselves as fans of Witherspoon. Mar 13, 2019 Full Review Read all reviews
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Dave C Funny seeing RW in an exaggerated role that comes extremely close to overacting. It's an early-days lead role for her, for sure, and it seems to have paid off. I don't think you'd see her signing a contract for this now. It's woody, at times cringeworthy, trashy, shallow, but also holds threads that are brilliantly entertaining Rated 2/5 Stars • Rated 2 out of 5 stars 03/20/24 Full Review chitown2bayarea This is one of my favorite movies. Awesome from beginning to end. Witherspoon is brilliant in this twisted Little Red Riding Hood tale. Rated 5/5 Stars • Rated 5 out of 5 stars 02/15/24 Full Review nico r the first time I watched this movie I thought somebody drugged me Rated 5/5 Stars • Rated 5 out of 5 stars 01/23/24 Full Review Steve D Ridiculous but never entertaining. Rated 1/5 Stars • Rated 1 out of 5 stars 09/18/23 Full Review Stacey K A very honest and unique movie.A new favourite. Rated 5/5 Stars • Rated 5 out of 5 stars 07/13/23 Full Review Daniel C What a nice amazing performance from a very young Reese Witherspoon. She showed real star power in this movie. Rated 5/5 Stars • Rated 5 out of 5 stars 05/20/23 Full Review Read all reviews

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Matthew Bright Director Kiefer Sutherland Bob Wolverton Reese Witherspoon Vanessa Lutz Brooke Shields Mimi Wolverton Wolfgang Bodison Detective Mike Breer Dan Hedaya Detective Garnet Wallace
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Synopsis Following the arrest of her mother, Ramona (Amanda Plummer), young Vanessa Lutz (Reese Witherspoon) decides to go in search of her estranged grandmother. On the way, she is given a ride by school counselor Bob Wolverton (Kiefer Sutherland). During the journey, Lutz begins to realize that Bob is the notorious I-5 Killer and manages to escape by shooting him several times. Wounded but still very much alive, Bob pursues Lutz across the state in this modern retelling of Little Red Riding Hood.

Director
Matthew Bright

Producer
Chris Hanley, Brad Wyman

Screenwriter
Matthew Bright

Distributor
Roxie Releasing, Republic Pictures

Production Co
Kushner-Locke Company, Illusion Entertainment, August Entertainment, Muse Productions

Rating
R

Genre
Mystery & Thriller, Comedy

Original Language
English

Release Date (Theaters)
Aug 23, 1996, Original

Release Date (Streaming)
Apr 19, 2016

Box Office (Gross USA)
$283.8K

Runtime
1h 42m
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