this be a ridiculous version of male hustler and other assorted homeless teen because it be do in such a clean cut manner . i assume that the people that drifter teen johnny encounter during his stay in la vega would be much more hostile and crazy and and the like . if youre not look for a vigorous story of similar circumstance like say and where the day take you and then speedway junky be a good weening toy . the story be that of a recent high school dropout and johnny and who southern accent miraculously come and go . upset with his military father strict manner of upbringing and and perhaps lack of affection ( i do not see how and really and or at least they never make much of johnny perceive abuse and neglect evident ) and he decide to hitchhike his way to north carolina to be none other than a member of richard petty stock car race team . if you know incredulous hollywood movie and then you should already expect johnny to go through a lot of crap and but some how wind up with a happy end in the end . johnny get rob of his twenty buck worth of quarter from a casino . the rest of his thing be take by a horny middle age pimp with a penchant for boy in leather collar . so johnny be stick . luckily and he befriend a group of street kid . namely and eric ( play nicely by jordan brower ) and the kid who help johnny out the most when it seem many others would not . he also introduce him to the life of hustle and steal car and and the like . and johnny and though successful at time and still seem like a major amateur . a ridiculously comical one at that . enter steve and play by jonathan taylor thomas and who interestingly enough replaced balthazar ghetty in the role ( ghetty play a similar character in where the day take you only less dehumanize ) . steve be like the professional teen hustler and who will do anything his client ask as long a he get pay . johnny and eric get into serious trouble when steven steal another kid stash of drug and money and and he isn not the kind of kid you just say sorry to and then treat to ice cream . eric be the more interesting character . a gay young man and he like johnny and but be consistently obsess with the idea that maybe johnny isn not go to carry on the deep friendship eric imago simply because johnny be straight . johnny be kind of an obnoxious character and despite be the main presence in the movie . he be the nice guy and the charming guy and but in the end and still a hopeless doofus . the rest of the character and too and be simply comical caricature with what seem like no reality in there that would entice the viewer to form emotional connection with or somehow empathize or whatever . we learn no lesson from this movie either and which i suppose be inherent in movie like these and that you should walk away with something . why would they spend so much time on the story and dramatic element and character development ( or lack thereof ) a a result . there a reason for all of that . only here and it doesn not work . johnny be a moron and for that and i really find it hard to appreciate whatever stupid dilemma he get himself into . one after the other . steve and too and though a disgusting character and be hardly real . nothing happen to him . he just float in and out of the scene to remind you of a villainous presence . and the end be just corny a hell . i would stick with where the day take you if this be the kind of movie you desire . or and at least see it for brower performance .