San Francisco Chronicle by Bob Graham
Earnest, but a work in progress.
Italy · 2002
Rated NR · 1h 24m
Director Monica Stambrini
Starring Maya Sansa, Regina Orioli, Mariella Valentini, Chiara Conti
Genre Crime, Romance
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Fiery, dark-haired Stella, an intense auto mechanic, and nervous, blonde Eleonora are young and in love. They operate a gas station peacefully, until Eleonora's mother appears and voices her disapproval of their romance.
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San Francisco Chronicle by Bob Graham
Earnest, but a work in progress.
Devoid of originality, Gasoline is at least a model of modesty -- a road movie that goes nowhere slowly, and ends up where it began.
Playing like a moribund hybrid of "Thelma and Louise" and "The Trouble With Harry," lesbian-themed thriller Gasoline lacks sex drive.
New York Daily News by Elizabeth Weitzman
Stambrini puts so much weight on shock value, she overlooks the matter of emotional resonance.
L.A. Weekly by Hazel-Dawn Dumpert
By the time we get to the big finish, it feels as if we've merely been poked repeatedly in the ribs with a really good-looking stick.
Impressively stylish but curiously empty.
Los Angeles Times by Kevin Thomas
Finally too derivative and sensational for its own sake to work.
Ultimately, this potentially intriguing character thriller loses its direction when it turns into a mean-spirited stalk-and-bash actioner.
The New York Times by Stephen Holden
Tautly acted, fairly sexy and atmospheric. Its vision of Stella and Lenni as defiant, doomed outsiders desperately racing toward an elusive paradise on a treacherous highway may be bleak, but it's also intensely and proudly romantic.
Take "Thelma & Louise," throw in hot girl-girl sex and you have Gasoline, a flammable import from Italy directed by Monica Stambrini.
Spectacular action all the way as Jackie Chan busts a high-tech drug ring.