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MPAA Rating: R Movie Release: 2000 DVD Release: 11/13/2001 Format: DVD - Pan and Scan - Closed Captioned Audio Tracks: English SwapaDVD Credits: 1 Number of Discs: 1 Run Time: 1 hrs 40 mins Studio: 20th Century Fox Members Wishing: 0 Genres: Comedy, Road Movie, Screwball Comedy See Also: 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 movie business as a screenwriter. Seventeen years later, Lulu checks out of a mental hospital and appears at Ben's doorstep in Los Angeles, claiming that she was pregnant at the time they broke up and that she was forced to put their child up for adoption; after all these years, Lulu has decided it's time they paid their son a visit. Lulu forces Ben to drive her to Wisconsin in search of their son, while Ben's wife Claire (Penelope Ann Miller) hops on a plane to Wisconsin in hopes of capturing Lulu upon arrival. Forever Lulu marked the directorial debut of screenwriter John Kaye, who also penned the original screenplay; the film was backed by Green Moon, the production company founded by leading lady Melanie Griffith. ~ Mark Deming, All Movie Guide

Melanie Griffith - Lulu
Patrick Swayze - Ben
Penelope Ann Miller
Richard Schiff

The full-frame DVD version of Along for the Ride offers little that the VHS version does not, unless, of course, you want to skip past the tearjerking melodramatic scenes in a more efficient, digital manner. The disc includes the promotional trailer and closed captions, but that's about it for special features. The image and sound play as well on your monitor screen as anything else you see on TV, with sharp colors that hold firm. ~ Buzz McClain, All Movie Guide