Go Movie Review 1999

Episodic tale of Christmas Eve in L.A. and Vegas follows grocery clerk Ronna (Polley) as she takes over a shift for Vegas-bound co-worker Simon (Askew) and also agrees to sub as a go-between for a drug deal between two actors (Mohr and Wolf) and Simon's dealer Todd (Olyphant). Three-part narrative also shows Simon's wild ride in Vegas with his buddies and the actors' involvement with a weird cop (Fichtner). Everybody seems to be doing everything at a break-neck pace, and the fact that all the activity is dangerous or illegal makes it that much more fun. Liman does a fine job of sorting out characters and plotlines, and the performances tag this as a star maker for a few of the cast members, most notably Polley and Diggs.

Distribution

Sony Pictures Home Video, Sony Pictures Plz., 10202 W. Washington Blvd., Culver City, CA 90232, Phone: (310)244-7306, Fax: (310)280-2485, URL: http://www.spe.sony.com, Remarks: Formerly Columbia Tristar Home Entertainment

Available on VHS, DVD
Running time 103 minutes.

Cast and Crew

Genres

Comedy Drama, Viva Las Vegas!, Drug Use & Abuse, L.A., Christmas, Up All Night, Cops

Screenplay

John August

Cast

Sarah Polley, Katie Holmes, Scott Wolf, Jay Mohr, Desmond Askew, Taye Diggs, William Fichtner, Breckin Meyer, Jane Krakowski, Timothy Olyphant, J.E. Freeman, James Duval, Nathan Bexton, Jay Paulson, Jimmy Shubert

Cinematography

Doug Liman

Director

Doug Liman