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Chuck Picerni, Jr.,
Chuck Picerni, Jr.,
Christian Slater,
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Tony Scott,
Tony Scott
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: Warner Home Video
: Quest, Road Movies
: 121 min.
: English
: English, Spanish, French
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Quentin Tarantino scripted this wild and wooly blend of action and dark comedy, which reached theaters a year before his breakthrough hit Pulp Fiction. Clarence Worley (Christian Slater) is a well-meaning but socially unskilled comic shop clerk whose idea of a big night out is catching a Sonny Chiba triple-feature at a downtown grind house. Clarence is celebrating his birthday in just such a manner when he meets a beautiful girl named Alabama (Patricia Arquette), and it's love at first sight for both of them. Clarence's enthusiasm isn't damped much when he discovers Alabama is actually a prostitute who was paid by his boss to bump into him; she's only been in the business for a few days, and is more than eager to give up streetwalking to be with Clarence. However, Alabama is certain her pimp, Drexl (Gary Oldman), will not be happy; he's an ill-mannered sort with mob connections and a fondness for violence. Chivalrous Clarence offers to break the news to Drexl and collect her belongings, but he doesn't tell her he also plans to kill Drexl while he's there; a melee breaks out that leaves Drexl and his henchmen dead. Clarence grabs a suitcase that he thinks contains Alabama's clothes, but he discovers it instead holds $5 million worth of cocaine. The couple hits the road for California, planning to sell the dope and enjoy the good life in South America with the proceeds, but soon a group of very unhappy underworld characters are after them, as well as the police. True Romance also stars Dennis Hopper as Clarence's father, Christopher Walken as a mob boss who wants his cocaine back, Brad Pitt as a cheerful stoner, and Val Kilmer as the ghost of Elvis Presley. ~ Mark Deming, All Movie Guide
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| Fun, fun, fun
by Texan99
September 5, 2010 - 1:07 PM PDT
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| 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
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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| Dark, stylish, morally amiguous, over-the-top flicks about alienated teens (usually), that merge sex, violence, hip street fashion & killer music, and are an existential comment on the world as media spectacle. |
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