Rating: Summary: Watch this movie now. Review: Where to start....I'm not a big fan of Nicholas Cage overall, but I think he did an amazing job playing Sailor. Laura Dern did a good job playing Lula. Okay, Willem Defoe has got to be one of the top ten actors around. He played Bobby Peru (love him, hate him) perfectly. The movie itself was a nice adaptation to Barry Gifford's brilliant novel of the same name. I'll admit that I am severely bias when it comes to David Lynch, but how anyone could dislike this movie, I don't know.
Rating: Summary: This movie is a comedy Review: I guess there are some people who take Lynch's movies seriously. That's not a good idea. Granted, there are some sick and dirty moments in this movie, but their purpose is to add to the overall depraved tone of the whole thing. And you need to have reached a certain level of depravity to laugh at the funniest scene in the movie (the dog with the hand in its mouth). Even if you hate the movie, you gotta admit: Willem Dafoe can sure play sleazy. Sleaziest man alive.
Rating: Summary: Dark, Hysterical, and Romantic Review: A classic road movie jammed with Lynch's trademark surrealism, and unforgettable characters. I saw this several times in the theater when it was released, returning everytime I could find someone else to experience it with. Badalamenti's score is beautiful, and Cage and Dern are beautiful together. It's a travesty that it's not available in a widescreen version, let alone on DVD.
Rating: Summary: Weak Lynch. Review: Unquestionably my least favorite David Lynch film. There are aspects of David Lynch's work I enjoy very very much, and aspects that just annoy and/or bore me. I thought highly of Eraserhead and the Elephant Man, and the Twin Peaks that I've seen, enjoyed Lost Highway and Dune, was lukewarm on Blue Velvet, and just flat-out disliked this one, Wild At Heart. I tried hard to find something interesting and/or rewarding in it, but the struggle was in vain. Of the two stars I give it, one is there just for at least being original and unusual, and the other is there for a couple of genuinely hilarious lines. But on the whole this film seems painfully vapid and artless.
Rating: Summary: Wild at Heart is truly a masterpiece. Review: Lynch does a superior job of portraying the bizarre characters who make this movie. Lynch sets me down right in the middle of them. I have seen WAH over 10 times and every time I find another intriguing "theme" or correlation which blows my mind. The interaction between Cage and Dern is right on time.
Rating: Summary: A Waste of Celluloid Review: Not much here to think about at all. Nicholas Cage's worst showing ever, due entirely to an anemic story-line and shallow characters. I didn't care about these people at all. The off beat violence and poor character development led me to one boring conclusion - yawn.
Rating: Summary: Willem Dafoe is the best! Review: This film is an instant classic for it's mix of violence and comedy. Willem Dafoe is one of my favorite actors. In all his movie he plays either: A Vietnam Vet, A sleaze ball, and/or someone who always dies. An artsy film that gets better with each and every viewing. No question why it won Cannes Film Fest `90. An awesome movie
Rating: Summary: Great for people who want something different Review: I saw this in the movies and thought it to be one of the best of the early 90's when no one had the guts to make real movies . All I want now is my own copy ! Can anyone get one for me ?
Rating: Summary: One of lynchs underrated classics Review: The thing with this film is that even some die hard lynch fans don't like it (i'm not a die hard fan, but I still can't figure out what why the hell he made dune). Too mainstream? hardly. This is definately a weird period in lynchs career, he was trying formal narratives, and using storys, unlike "Eraserhead", a great film, but essentially it goes nowhere. He made that, completely surreal, then tried this, which has a moving story, then decided it would be best to stick with surreal and did Lost Highway. I'm saying I like all these films, just this one doesn't get the respect it deserves. It's not as weird as all his other films, but weird nonetheless. Great performances all around, and in the end when cage is beat up by the gang for calling them homosexuals, his apology is one of the greatest lines he's ever delivered.
Rating: Summary: Salvador Dali Cinema Review: An exceptional example of surealism and pure high energy David Lynch. Probably one of the best movie lines of all time: "Peanut, the way your mind works is God's own private mystery."
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