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I loved this film... I read the book and some of its content has stayed with me...(mainly that people need people, and some mistakes and or ignorance could lead to your death)

I don't even know where to begin. This is a hard film to watch because the boy, Christopher is so caught up in this path that he refuses to see the path he is actually on. He refuses to reconise the humanness of his parents until it is too late.. he does not Get that he is who he is because of his parents nad they may have done the best that they could... In the end of their relationship they loved him the way that they new how.. he was too yound and nieve to GEt that until he was dieing and it was too late... As a mother my heart blead for the family.

I loved the fast food job part. Here is this apparent anti- establishment rebel working at the fast food chain ... and he gets in trouble for not wearing socks (with his topsiders) ... flash forward to the very humbling scene of the father who was in the street in pure agony in topsiders with no socks... (um you are who you are)

His lesions are very difficult, hard to watch and a waist of talent ... his life was a waist. Yes, I totally get that. I think that that is the point of the film. His path might look like a Taoism path going with the flow. streeming Down the river etc. But in actuality he is running from his path himself... he needed to come to terms his existance and embrace it learn. He missed the real meaning in his literature until it was too late. A tragic tale...

I heard one women who was still sitting in the audience say that it was the saddest movie that she has ever scene... Maybe so... But there are lessons to learn and for this I am grateful for the story. Maybe it is not such a waist if other kids can learn from it. I traveled to many Grateful Dead shows as a teenager and young adult... Many of those "kids" are gone now.. rebelling against themselves... I learned a lot about life and learned hard facts of life too... Alexander super tramp needed to call home, but his stubborness ended up killling him.. a good lesson to learn from a distance.

I loved Katharine Keener and her partner (he was wonderful) I loved the star... I felt like he was perfect for the role.

The Eddie Vedder CD is haunting and a work of art... My husband and I have listened to it many times and I think it is a perfect sound tract...

I hope this film gets more exposure... I believe that is Oscar worthy.

(I am a cinifile and see a few movies a week.. some more then once in the theater) sorry for the long rant ... peace Lydia