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     CHLOE GRACE MORETZ  EDDIE REDMAYNE  BLAKE LIVELY

LULI (MORETZ) HAS JUST TURNED THIRTEEN AND IS FED UP WITH HER ALCOHOLIC PARENTS SO SHE DECIDES TO, AFTER SEEING A COMMERCIAL ON TELEVISION, RUN AWAY TO LAS VEGAS.  ALONG THE WAY SHE RUNS INTO EDDIE (REDMAYNE) AN EX RODEO COWBOY WHO HAS BECOME A SMALL TIME CRIMINAL, AND GLENDA (LIVELY) A GRIFTER WHO HAPPENS TO LIKE LULI AND DECIDES TO WATCH OVER HER.  ALSO, THERE IS A HISTORY BETWEEN EDDIE AND GLENDA.
ESSENTIALLY, THIS IS A COMING OF AGE ROAD MOVIE.  LULI GETS EXPOSED TO THINGS THAT NO THIRTEEN YEAR OLD SHOULD BE, SHE MAKES BAD CHOICES FOR HERSELF AND EVENTUALLY COMMITS AN ACT THAT MAY BOTHER HER THE REST OF HER LIFE. 
EDDIE IS A TRUE SLIME BALL.  YOU KNOW HE CAN'T BE TRUSTED FROM THE FIRST TIME YOU SEE HIM, AND HE PROVES IT AGAIN AND AGAIN THROUGHOUT THE MOVIE.
GLENDA IS ALL FOR HERSELF AND NOBODY ELSE.  SHE ONLY PICKS UP LULI BECAUSE SHE KNOWS SHE CAN USE HER, WHICH SHE DOES TO ROB A STORE, AND THEN LEAVES LULI TO GET BY ON HER OWN.
LIVELY AND REDMAYNE DO A VERY GOOD JOB WITH THEIR CHARACTERS, BUT ONCE AGAIN IT'S MORETZ WHO SHOWS US JUST HOW GOOD AN ACTOR SHE IS.  SHE IS GOING TO HAVE MANY AWARDS IN HER FUTURE.
RATING  3 out of 5