RiverofGrasshasalltheelementsofaconventionalroadmovie:acar,agun,criminalplans,andyoungloversontherunfromanangryfatherwhoalsohappenstobeasuspendedpoliceofficer.ButwriteranddirectorKellyReichardthasinsteadtakenthesefamiliarelementsandfashionedananti-roadmovie,adeadpanfilmthatismoreexistentialistcomedythancrimedrama....