《野草蔓生》剧情：
RiverofGrasshasalltheelementsofaconventionalroadmovie:acar,agun,criminalplans,andyoungloversontherunfromanangryfatherwhoalsohappenstobeasuspendedpoliceofficer.ButwriteranddirectorKellyReichardthasinsteadtakenthesefamiliarelementsandfashionedananti-roadmovie,adeadpanfilmthatismoreexistentialistcomedythancrimedrama.TheyoungloversinquestionareCozy,thecopsdaughter,andLeeRay,ashadycharacterfromthewrongendoftown.LeeRaycomesintopossessionofapistol,andsoonheandCozyfindthemselvesunintentionallyinvolvedinashooting.Fearingcapturebythelaw,thetwomakeplanstoleavetown,committingaseriesofrobberiesontheway.However,theydontmanagetogetveryfar;indeed,thefilmscentralpremiseishowtheromanticmythofloversonthelamprovesdisappointinginthefaceofafarmorepedestrianreality.Thiswell-received,low-budgetindiewasshotonlocationinSouthFlorida,placingitsstoryagainstanappropriatelydepressedlandscapeofsun-bleachedstripmalls,barrenhighwaysandovergrown,swampyfields;thetitleisanothernamefortheFloridaEverglades.