 "Roadside Prophets" was theatrically released on March 27, 1992, and grossed $147,724 during its run.On website Rotten Tomatoes, the film has an 83 percent rating.Hal Hinson of "The Washington Post" wrote, "It's a sort of fairy tale, a '90s version of "Easy Rider," but it's so loosely strung together, so aimless and so willfully quirky, it gets lost in its own meanderings.