"Cheatin’ Redneck Road Trip"
What You Need To Know:
In WAKING UP IN RENO, Lonnie Earl and Darlene have been married, but are drifting apart. Roy and Candy are two newlyweds looking to conceive a baby to strengthen their also tenuous relationship. The foursome decides to take a vacation from their Little Rock, Arkansas home to travel to a monster truck show in Reno, Nevada. Many secrets come to light, the biggest one being that Lonnie Earl and Candy have been sleeping together, and now Candy is pregnant.
Director Jordan Brady, a former comedian, portrays such over-the-top redneck depictions as bleached blonde babes with two inches of dark roots, the dimwitted and clueless country husband, the smooth redneck who talks the policeman out of giving him a ticket by bribing him with cases of beer, and the sheltered women screaming about the hotel’s bathtub, wildly dancing to country music videos on TV, and jumping on the beds. The foul language is deplorable, totaling about 130 obscenities, as are the sex scenes. In the end, the movie tells viewers that all the infidelity is OK, and it’s even OK that Candy might be carrying Lonnie Earl’s baby, because, well, “real friends endure tough times.” What baloney
Content:
(PaPaPa, Ro, LLL, V, SS, N, A, D, M) Pagan worldview depicting the decisions and lifestyle of several very immoral people, void of moral compasses since the emotion of the moment and temporal, short-sighted reasoning rules characters; excessive foul language with 99 moderate obscenities, 14 heavy obscenities, and 13 profanities; violence includes fist fights, monster truck smashings, etc.; sex depicted between both married couples and those in extra-marital affairs; scantily-clad women portrayed several times, including hotel hooker; alcohol and smoking depicted; misc. immorality includes lying, stealing, cheating, gambling, deceiving customers, greed, selfish ambition, lust, etc.
More Detail:
In WAKING UP IN RENO, Lonnie Earl (Billy Bob Thornton) and Darlene (Natasha Richardson) have been married, but are drifting apart. Roy (Patrick Swayze) and Candy (Charlize Theron) are two newlyweds looking to conceive a baby to strengthen their also tenuous relationship. The foursome decides to take a vacation from their Little Rock, Arkansas home to travel to a monster truck show in Reno, Nevada. A myriad of dark, dirty secrets come to the light, the biggest one being that Lonnie Earl and Candy have been sleeping together, and now Candy is pregnant.
Director Jordan Brady, a former comedian, portrays such over-the-top redneck depictions as bleached blonde babes with two inches of dark roots, the dimwitted country husband who can’t pick up even the slightest subtlety, the smooth redneck who talks the policeman out of giving him a ticket by bribing him with cases of beer, and sheltered women screaming about the hotel’s bathtub, wildly dancing to country music videos on TV, and jumping on the beds. The foul language is deplorable, totaling about 130 profanities and obscenities.
The cartoonish characters in WAKING UP IN RENO do a fine job with very little story and very over-used gags, however, and the British Natasha Richardson makes a scarily believable redneck woman. Overall, the movie causes an enormous cringe factor in anyone from the south or Midwest. The couples have no hesitation about drinking and driving, lying, resetting odometers on cars for sale, sleeping around, cursing, fighting, not paying tips, having sex in cars, in public view, having loud sex in hotel rooms, sleeping four to a bed in hotels, flirting with prostitutes in bars, etc.
To most audiences, there will be few laughs in the Monster Truck Show or the Tony Orlando show, where Natasha Richardson’s character has a huge crush on Orlando, just like the wife in LAS VEGAS VACATION had a crush on Wayne Newton.
In the end, though, the movie tells viewers that all the infidelity is OK, and it’s even OK that Candy might be carrying Lonnie Earl’s baby, because, well, “real friends endure tough times.” Ick! My friend at the review commented, “You know how some movies are three hours and feel like 90 minutes? This one was 90 minutes and felt like three hours!”
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Now more than ever we’re bombarded by darkness in media, movies, and TV. Movieguide® has fought back for almost 40 years, working within Hollywood to propel uplifting and positive content. We’re proud to say we’ve collaborated with some of the top industry players to influence and redeem entertainment for Jesus. Still, the most influential person in Hollywood is you. The viewer.
What you listen to, watch, and read has power. Movieguide® wants to give you the resources to empower the good and the beautiful. But we can’t do it alone. We need your support.
You can make a difference with as little as $7. It takes only a moment. If you can, consider supporting our ministry with a monthly gift. Thank you.
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