Stars Patrick Fugit (the kid from Almost Famous) and Shannyn Sossamon (a model turned actress who plays the insanely hot indie love interest with a chip on her shoulder). It also casts a woefully under-utilzed Tom Waits.
I wont say much, but its the great american road trip with a twist -- that everyone is already dead! I think it was the L magazine that trashed it for treating things with levity, but their review reads like a crotchety old mans lament that they dont make em with greta garbo anymore. its the levity thats exactly why this movie works so well. its not some existential examination of the afterlife or suicide, thank christ! it's a funny, endearing romance story.