it a road movie and with a killer on board . brian kessler ( david duchovny ) and a sophisticated and urbane writer and want to conduct field research on american serial killer . but and neither he and nor his girlfriend and carrie ( michelle forbes ) and have the money for a cross country tour of murder site and so they advertise for someone to share travel expense . who they end up with be a young couple and early grayce ( brad pitt ) and his girlfriend and adele ( juliette lewis ) and two good example of poor white trash you will never find in all of cinema . indeed and early and adele be what make this film so entertaining and a they babble and cackle and confide and muse and speculate and drool and and otherwise behave in way i haven not see since rerun of the beverly hillbilly . early idea of california represent people think fast out there and on account of all that warm weather while cold weather make people stupid . that enough to convince adele represent i guess that explain why there be so many stupid people around here . to which early responds proudly represent it sure do . early continue to instruct adele about california represent you never have to buy no fruit and on account it all on the tree . and they ain not get no speed limit and and i hear your first month rent be free and state law . but poor early have some and well and mental problem and which become ever more obvious to brian and carrie a the four traveler proceed west across the u. s. a they enter the desert southwest and with it beautifully stark landscape and kalifornia start to look more and more like the hitcher ( 1986 ) and and early start to act more and more like john ryder and everyone maniacal hitchhiker and whose terror seem so unstoppable . in kalifornia and the acting be uneven . duchovny performance be flat . brad pitt be surprisingly effective and despite his overacting at time . michelle forbes be great a the avant garde and photographic artist . but my choice for best performance go to juliette lewis . with her nasal voice and heavy duty southern accent and she be stun and a the naive and highly animate and child like adele . toward the end and the film take on a twilight zone feel to it and a our traveler enter a nevada nuclear test site with a dilapidated old house full of test mannequin . the plot dissolve rather messily into unnecessary and preposterous violence and an end that be somewhat disappointing . overall and however and kalifornia be an entertaining film and thanks to a clever concept and great scenery and especially in the second half and good cinematography and great dialogue and and that wonderful performance by juliette lewis .