Love and a .45

Two young lovers go on the run from the law after a convenience store robbery goes bad in this road movie. Love and a .45 centers on philosophically inclined thief Watty Watts (Gil Bellows), who believes in a little robbery but not real violence. An ill-advised collaboration with a crazed, ...more

A terrific performance by Renee Zellweger and a couple of amusing cameos are the brightest spots in this jokey mixture of outlaw romance and the old ultra-violence. Zellweger struts and sasses her way through a part whose brassiness flies in the face of her later, more vulnerable roles, while hippie survivor Peter Fonda and Texan actress Ann Wedgeworth (vivacious Lana from Three's Company) have fun as her trashy, nouveau riche parents. Gil Bellows tries his best to enliven the part of the ...more