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Name: My Own Private Idaho
Released: 1991-9-29
Cast: River Phoenix, Keanu Reeves, James Russo, William Richert, Rodney Harvey

My Own Private Idaho

R
1h 44m
1991

80%

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"I always know where I am by the way the road looks..." Keanu Reeves and River Phoenix star in director Gus Van Sant's seminal meditation on the nature of innocence as two young men living on the fringes of society peddle their bodies for sex. Amiable, none-too-bright street hustler Mike Waters (Phoenix) works the streets of the Pacific Northwest with his best friend Scott Favor (Reeves). Mike secretly loves Scott. And Scott, the son of Portland's wealthy mayor, secretly yearns to cast off the friendship of his fellow lowlifes and assume his birthright of wealth, power and respectability.

Director:

Gus Van Sant

Producer:

Laurie Parker

Writer:

Gus Van Sant

Cast:

River Phoenix, Keanu Reeves, James Russo, William Richert, Rodney Harvey, Chiara Caselli, Michael Parker, Jessie Thomas, Flea, Grace Zabriskie, Tom Troupe, Udo Kier

Rotten Tomatoes® Score

TOMATOMETER®

80%

Critics Consensus: A tantalizing glimpse of a talented director and his stars all at the top of their respective games, Gus Van Sant's loose reworking of Henry IV is smart, sad and audacious.

Reviews

El Nuevo Herald (Miami)

Rene Jordan

This is a fabulous disaster. [Full review in Spanish]

January 20, 2023

FULL REVIEW

Gay Community News (Boston)

Michael Bronski

Perhaps it is a radical break from the elusive entity we have come to label a "gay sensibility" or maybe it is an attempt to redefine it.

My Own Private Idaho may be an operatic arraignment of the class divide that continues to bring shame on America, Van Sant's film gleams brightest when Phoenix, with his wobbly, puppy-dog charisma appears on screen.