| Fun, fun, fun |
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| written by Texan99 |
September 5, 2010 - 1:07 PM PDT |
| This sweet-natured frantically violent comedy thriller is over-the-top fun from the first frame to the last. The fantastically large, skilled cast create a coherent series of vignettes that start high and just get better. Gary Oldman really is terrifying. Dennis Hopper is a memorably tragic hero who goads Christopher Walken into ensuring that he won't be able to give up the goods on his fugitive son. An enchanting James Gandolfini delivers the story arc of a burnt-out killer in just a few lines. Brad Pitt's hilarious cameo so perfectly nails stonerdom that no one ever need play it again. The climactic shoot-out is like the pay-off at the end of a fireworks show. Patricia Arquette and Christian Slater anchor the story with their low-budget but gallant romance. Not to be missed. |
| Fun film steals style from Badlands |
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| written by hamano |
August 24, 2003 - 12:41 AM PDT |
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3 out of 3 members found this review helpful
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| I enjoyed this film quite a bit, and I can't really think of anything negative to say about it. However, director Tony Scott and writer Quentin Tarantino seem to have been a little bit more than inspired by Terrence Malick's 1973 classic Badlands, starring Martin Sheen and Sissy Spacek as two young people on the run. If you rent this movie and you like it, I urge you to also rent Badlands, to compare the similarities (music, narration, etc.) between the two. You'll see how True Romance is a film buff's tribute to real visionaries of the cinema like Malick (and dare I say John Woo, too)... |
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