Return to Macon County

Return to Macon County

Two guys, a chick and the hottest '57 Chevy on the road!

Directed by Richard Compton

Produced by American International Pictures

197590 min6.6 / 10

A high-spirited 1950s road movie centered on youthful rebellion, fast cars, and the thrill of cross-country adventure, with romantic tension and run-ins with authority.

In 1958, two teenagers take their pride and joy, a hopped-up Chevy, and start a cross-country journey to enter it in the National Championship drag races in California. Along the way they hook up with a pretty but dingy waitress who quits her job and hops in their car--and turns out to be more trouble than they thought--drag-race a gang of town punks who lose to to them and then accuse them of cheating, and come up against a local cop who is obsessed with putting these two "juvenile delinquents" in jail.

Questions people ask

  • Is Return to Macon County sad? Not especially. Less sad than 73% of films.

  • Is Return to Macon County easy watching? Somewhat. More comforting than 67% of films.

  • Does Return to Macon County end with hope? Somewhat. More hopeful than 62% of films.

  • Is Return to Macon County scary? Somewhat. More frightening than 61% of films.

  • Is Return to Macon County violent? About average. Almost exactly mid-range.

These describe how the film comes across, measured across the whole film and compared with other well-known films. They are not a content list — nothing here was counted or checked scene by scene, so for age-suitability or specific content use a classification board or a dedicated content-warning service.

65/ 100

Cinnamon Score

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Distinctly its own thing.

Rarity76

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Surprise70

How much more it delivers than it promises

Love50

How much audiences actually like it

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