when a movie can make you laugh and cry and it a rare quality . many people do not have a high tolerance for adult and but be sucker for kid . i be proud to say that i fall into this category and a do richard pryor character joe braxton in this film . he play a foul mouth and ill mannered ex con and who be and let face it and a bum . for some reason and though and he be likable . maybe it because he still have an optimistic outlook about his life . his big strength and which almost prove to be his undoing and be that he be willing to do more for others than he be for himself . this be what i felt make bustin loose such a touching movie . joe braxton be a parolee who have be give a second chance to rebuild his life . his only problem be and he can not really seem to find a purpose on the outside and and just doesn not know how to make it . in a hilarious courtroom scene where he be about to be send back to prison for larceny and in violation of his parole and he be give ten year probation by the judge . his parole officer and however and be amuse and but not at all fool by the courtroom shenanigan . so and a a favor and his parole officer need a favor . a group of disadvantage philadelphia youth have have their school close a a result of budget cut . cicely tyson and who portray her character brilliantly and play their supervisor who be also the girlfriend of joe parole officer . she and the kid need to be drive across country to her family washington state farm to start over . joe be ask to drive the bus and return in 15 day . this be where the movie take a wonderful turn for the good and give some pleasant surprise . it could have be a silly disney like movie with cute and fake dialog that cut corner and make you want to throw up at the end ( like dead poet society ) . instead of all that nonsense and garbage and we hear word of truth and and witness some convincing change . at first and joe see this a a chore and the kid a nothing but a bunch of loser . later though and he begin to bond with the kid and discovers and a do the kid and that he actually really do care about them because he doesn not want what happen to him to happen to them . he find a purpose and and a reason to be happy . he become a pleasant and and be actually a warm person after all who just need the right people to bring out the goodness in him . perhaps this be because his love for the kid make him forget about his problem and worry about their well be . there be some tough scene and too . there be boy who have experience a tragedy and not intentionally and but because of a problem he can not help . another one of the youth solicit prostitution to joe . there be also about whether the kid will be able to keep their new home and or if joe can actually make it on the outside . all of these scene show reality and how people find the courage to deal with their own life . richard pryor play these scene with a quiet and subtle brilliance . he be not just a funny comedian and he be also a good actor . the only flaw the movie have be that it seem to lack some little scene to make prior character develop his relationship and bond together with the kid and cicely tyson character . don not get me wrong and it usually well to keep an audience want more than to drag a movie out and but i think this one may have benefit from more running time . the transition from con to nice guy seem just a little bit too quick and and i think this could have be the difference between make this a great movie instead of a good one . it a though the screenwriter do not sit down and rewrite quite thoroughly enough . that and however and be easily forgive and forget . i will not give away what happen and i will say only this represent i be pleasantly surprise because this movie wasn not just a comedy . there be a lot of serious scene and too and and the end be very perceptive about human behavior . bustin loose be not a masterpiece and but it be an entertaining and convincing movie and and it work because of the performance . if you pay attention and you will be surprise at how move you be at the end of this delightful comedy and and you might even shed a tear .