The story starts with the death of Addie's (Tatum) mother. She doesn't know who her father is and has no family in the area. Moses (Ryan) stops by the funeral to pay his respects. Unfortunately he didn't expect the burden of delivering Addie to her aunt's house in St. Joseph, Missouri. He decides to put her on a train so he won't have to deal with her, but in order to do that he needs money. He pulls off a quick scheme making him $200. Addie though decides that this money belongs to her and starts causing a scene in public until he promises to pay her back. They set out on the road, pulling off a few small cons. But eventually the cons get bigger and Addie plays more a critical role in them. Although they hate each other at first, and neither are sure if Addie is Moses's daughter, the two start to develop an unlikely partnership.
The cinematography is fantastic. They really utilized their locations showing the vast openness of the Midwest. I sometimes wished that the movie would be in color just so you could see those blue skies shining bright over the amber grains. And there is just something about children acting or looking like people that I find adorable. Maybe that's why I think Amish children are just soooo cute. But I knew that I liked Addie he second she started puffing on that cigarette (black and white film plus smoking!! LOVE IT). You just can't get away with that nowadays. Plus it seemed like a majority of he driving (and there is a lot of driving) was actually done on location, with the actors, while they were acting and not green screened. At times I was nervous that Addie was going to fly right out of the car because there were a couple of close calls. And my last quip before I wrap things up. Madeline Kahn plays Ms. Trixie Delight, a dancer who tries to play Moses. I think this is the first movie that I have ever seen her in where you here her real voice. Although this wasn't the comedic roles she is use to playing, she managed to pull it off.
Rating: ****
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