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On the Road

2012Movie2 h 22 minR

Drama
52
MediocreGoodWatch score
IMDb6.0Letterboxd2.9/5Metacritic566.0Rotten Tomatoes46%34%
52
MediocreGoodWatch score
IMDb6.0Letterboxd2.9/5Metacritic566.0Rotten Tomatoes46%34%

Summary

Sal Paradise is a young writer whose life is shaken and ultimately redefined by the arrival of Dean Moriarty, a free-spirited, fearless, fast talking Westerner and his girl, Marylou.

Good for

  • Date night
  • Friends night
  • Party vibe

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Fingerprint

  • Takes you back.
  • Gets your pulse racing.
  • Makes you fall for them.

Not for scares.

The whole fingerprint· the print and its 12 scales

At a glance

Tropes

Author Avatarin 946 titlesSal Paradise is Jack Kerouac. Also, Dean Moriarty is fellow Beat writer Neal Cassady, Old Bull Lee is William S."The Reason You Suck" Speechin 4,459 titlesEd Dunkel's wife Galatea gives one to Dean in one of the later sections of the book, pointing out that he basically just uses people for money and fun and then tosses them aside.All 27 tropes

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