It IS a comedy. "Highway" pays homage to the established genres of buddy film, road trip film, and drug trip film in the "Go" style. It has a few thugs and a Seattle-grunge soundtrack. The leads, Jared Leto (Requiem for a Dream) and Jake Gyllenhaal(Donnie Darko) continue to dazzle the screen, even in a film that has limitations in the script department. There is much that is genuinely funny, a lively and colorful look to the film, and involving music. Recommended, but only if you aren't expecting great literary revelations. *** out of *****
