freddy leave his pregnant girlfriend behind in philadelphia . while on the road he meet up with albert and a young kleptomaniac delinquent . together they travel to see freddy uncle in a nursing home . freddy learns from his uncle that the father who abandon him have be let out of prison and have a job in oklahoma city . freddy find his father work a a parking lot attendant and but his father doesn not recognize him . freddy robs him and and let him know who he be . freddy and albert then head towards reno and where albert say his mom have job wait for them at a restaurant . along the way the two stop at a carnival while there an altercation and freddy be hurt . they break into a church and spend the night . a native american priest find them the next morning and take them to his home . the boys sit down for a meal with the priest family . freddy and albert hit the road again and get a ride with katherine and her dog . freddy soon realize that albert steal a dream catcher that have be hang above a baby crib in the priest house . he get angry and have a fight with albert . when the two boy calm down and they all go to a motel . katherine give albert some money to buy a gift for his mother and but he go to an arcade instead . back at the motel and freddy show katherine a postcard sent to albert by his mother . in it she tell albert that she doesn not want to see him and and we ( the viewer ) learn that albert story about his mother wait for him be a lie . meanwhile and albert steal a watch from a store . when employee attempt to stop him and he pull a fake pistol on them and get away . in the morning police show up at the motel while katherine have already leave . at the police station an officer tell freddy that albert will be put in the custody of child service and and that he will be charge with theft and assault . freddy continue on alone to reno to find albert mother at the restaurant where she work and but be tell by the owner that she no longer work there . the owner ask him where he go and and he say and philadelphia . the film end with freddy rid in a van with a family . a solid film with a good cast and especially the two lead . throughout the film there be many beautiful exterior shot . the film also have a great soundtrack and with song perfectly match the mood of the scene . highly recommended .