back road and a pointless movie which lack direction and be void thematically and concern a cross country journey of discovery that be uninspired and uncovers little . screenwriter gary de vore would be road movie tell the story of a two people from mobile and alabama who head out to california to try and start their life anew . the weak plot leave little for martin ritt ( director ) to work with and and he be unable to swing the film into gear ( it couldn not choose one ) with any real force . the pairing of sally field and who do reasonably well in this unusual role and and tommy lee jones be never romantically move and and the duo can make little of the sparse comedy and ineffective drama . david keith drop by in a supporting role and but his meaningless character leave him flounder . de vore make nothing of the subplot involve miss field little boy . saturday and june 10 and 1995 video .