Acting
Lasser's chaotic energy vs Grodin's bone-dry desperation.
Direction
Erman finds melancholy in cheap motel fluorescence.
Director
John Erman
Trivia, insights & behind the scenes
This was a TV movie-of-the-week for CBS, shot on a shoestring with mostly location filming in dusty California standing in for cross-country America.
Grodin was coming off 'The Heartbreak Kid' and leaned hard into his specialty: men who convince themselves they're decent while being quietly monstrous. Lasser had just left 'Mary Hartman, Mary Hartman' and brought that same unraveling energy.
No ratings yet
Sign in to join the discussion — comments are spoiler-gated to your watch progress.
Discussion starters
US
