Grand Theft Parsons (2003)

I was more than a little surprised as to just how likeable this movie was.  I previously had only seen the lead, Johnny Knoxville, in "Jackass" which you can bet your bottom dollar is not my cup of tea.   However I must confess he did a very good job here in this tale which was more or less based on a true story.  He plays the road manager of a country and western singer who has died of an overdose.  They had apparently pledged that should one of them die that the other would cremate the body in the middle of the desert where they felt most free.  So Knoxville hijacks the coffin in a psychodelic hearse driven by a spaced-out hippy with his friend's father, a greedy girlfriend, and half the state police in pursuit.  But despite the odds, he keeps his promise and damn the consequences.  It was an amazingly sweet-natured ride.