Comedy?

Once again Comcast mislabeled a film by calling this a comedy - it might be a dark comedy or a teen drama, but it's not a comedy...

Any kid or teen or even adult who was from a broken or troubled home (like me) knows what this kind of back and forth between parents can do to a kid's mind...

Also, a number of very noteable actors played minor roles in the film:

Stephen Tobolowsky (their Dad) has played in many films and television series...

Joan Allen (Sam's teacher) played the role of the combative ALD parent (opposite Susan Sarandon) in Lorenzo's Oil...

Maury Chaykin (the pizza delivery man) played the noteable role of the insane Major in Dances With Wolves...

Martha Plimpton (The Liberty Maid) is a member of the Carradine family...

Amy Wright (Calgary waitress) played the very noteable role of Rose in The Accidental Tourist...

and on and on, so this film was a source of employment for many stock actors of the 1990's - but the film wasn't a comedy...

The scene when Sam is speaking to his Dad on the way back from the airport was definitely not meant to be funny, in fact, it was as serious a scene as any kid who ever ran away would describe it to be ("...I think Josh likes the cruel and mean world to home"), so I'd have to disagree about labeling this a "comedy" - at the least it should be a "comedy/drama"...

And, it was a good thing Josh was located before he disappeared into the international underworld of the runaway teen - most who get to that point are never heard from again, so funny, no - sad, yes, and similar to the music at the closing credits, perhaps that was the intention of the film's creators...

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