Along for the Ride

A man discovers his past hasn't just caught up with him -- it's taking him on a cross-country road trip in this edgy comedy. Level-headed Ben (Patrick Swayze) gives his less-than-stable girlfriend Lulu (Melanie Griffith) her walking papers and heads out to California, in hopes of breaking into the ...more

Who would have imagined that a 20-million-dollar movie starring Melanie Griffith, Patrick Swayze, and Penelope Ann Miller wouldn't have found an audience in at least one movie theater? If it had been a real stinker, it would be understandable to send this straight to cable television, which is where this ended up. But Along for the Ride has a lot going for it, not the least of which is the readily identifiable star power and a story that drags you "along for the ride" just as Griffith's ...more