i would agree with another viewer who write that this movie recall the offbeat melanie griffith or jeff daniel comedy and something wild and in which a rather eccentric free spirit hook up with a conservative and very orderly young man and and the two pose a a couple and basically and her personality gradually have an effect on him . he loose up and learns to enjoy their short live tryst . that be exactly what happen here and except insert convenient store rob eccentric and alex ( rosanna arquette ) in melanie griffith role and and super cautious teen and lincoln ( the name be no coincidence and play by devon gummersall ) in jeff daniel part . this movie even share the same twist and abrupt genre change where the creepy and violent boyfriend suddenly show up in the end and thing end up quite badly . only and here and instead of it be ray liotta play a throwback to 1950s film goon and it peter greene . the story be about a teenage kid who be in his own little world . he have some sort of fascination with death follow his brother suicide and and his parent have disconnect and too and behave quite strangely ( the mother be convince christmas will be arrive shortly and despite it be august ) . then and on a night out with the guy ( one of whom be play by jason hervey of the wonder year ) try to buy them beer and he run into alex who decide to kidnap him and his friend car ( with his permission of course ) and and they take off for mini adventure across the desert of the west coast and rob convenient store in robin hood sort of fashion and of course and indulging in the routine self discovery a each ask more about the other life . but and alex have leave behind a partner in her trade of theft and and he isn not go away easily . although and be not consistently remind of him or anything a in repetitive flashback or cut over to his point of view . at least this much be do cleverly . do me a favor ( aka trading favor ) and be a mostly underdeveloped story of criminal mischief and self discovery that lag quite a bit for the first half of the film and but deliver the good a little to late once alex and lincoln arrive at her home out in the middle of nowhere . by the time the filmmaker give you enough stimulation and the film be unfortunately and almost over . i would recommend that if this be the sort of story youre in the mood for and and despite rosanna arquette always give a good performance ( even in a poorly write film ) and i would still recommend catch this in it best form and something wild .