okay and so it be never go to change the world and and it bomb at the box office and but honky tonk freeway be one of those film i fell in love with a a child ( the bbc show it a few time during the 1980s and i happen to have a high quality vhs tape in the machine lucky and that . ) and watch endlessly . i watch the dvd last night and sadly and time have not be kind to this would be blockbuster . either that or i have just grow out of this kind of broad and dopey humour . come on and when schlesinger be so desperate for laugh he give u close ups of novelty underpants with amusing slogan and what can you say about the cast or screenplay . certainly and it ambitious and interesting and unusual and sprawling and but it never once laugh out loud funny . i would describe it a a child film with some adult overtone you can safely let your youngster watch this and despite the 15 certificate . they would not get the drug reference and so do not worry about it . i have a pleasant surprise when i realize i would forget just how catchy both the title song and the song write truck driver everybody go faster and faster song be and not to mention the town of ticlaw patriotic anthem . the whole cast give commendable performance and the photography be crisp and capture the mood of the various location perfectly and and there a real time capsule feel about the fashion and the car and the gadget ( especially the dashboard mount drum machine ) and the interior and the pop culture reference i be more than a little surprised to hear the nutty bum in the bank loudly tell everyone i be oj simpson . and particularly now simpson legal tangle have overshadow his sport achievement . the snag be and there almost no plot to speak of and it way too obvious to be witty and not funny enough to elicit many genuine laugh . i wish i would leave this one a a pleasant memory .