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06/18/02
Fear and Loathing in Las Vegas (1998)
48 %
Reviews Counted: 42 Fresh: 20 Rotten:22 Average Rating: 5.9/10
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Visually creative, but also aimless, repetitve, and devoid of character development.
Runtime: 1 hr 59 mins
Synopsis: FEAR AND LOATHING IN LAS VEGAS is a whirlwind of a movie, a wacky, drug-laden story backed by a fist-pumping rock & roll soundtrack featuring everything from Wayne Newton and Tom Jones to Combustible Edison and Dead Kennedys. Journalist Raoul Duke (Johnny Depp) heads to Las Vegas to cover a... [More]
Genre: Comedies
Starring: Johnny Depp, Benicio Del Toro, Christina Ricci, Tobey Maguire, Ellen Barkin
Director: Terry Gilliam
Screenwriter: Terry Gilliam, Tod Davies, Alex Cox, Tony Grisoni
Producer: Patrick Cassavetti, Stephen Nemeth
Screenwriter: Terry Gilliam, Tod Davies, Alex Cox, Tony Grisoni
Producer: Patrick Cassavetti, Stephen Nemeth
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01/01/00
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...he first hour of the film is as successful as anything I've ever seen or read at conveying how the world looks to the drugged.
05/28/08
Years from now, it will be reappraised as a misunderstood masterpiece. Well, this is one American critic who's not waiting until years from now.
02/03/08
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01/26/06
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04/09/05
Gilliam shows that there is something appealing about drug highs. It wouldn't be honest to say otherwise. And, yes, they'll destroy you. It's honest about that too.
12/06/04
Unlike Trainspotting, Fear and Loathing doesn't shock or fascinate. It simply disgusts and repels.
06/22/04
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A bizarre masterpiece that invents a brilliantly skewed perspective and sustains it for a nearly impossible 117 minutes.
03/01/04
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05/22/03
If Gilliam was intending to create a film that would disgust, disorient and eventually irritate, then this one’s a bona-fide masterpiece – but don’t expect me to sit through it ever again.
04/28/03
...has an incongruous, stream-of-consciousness tang that requires just the right mood to enjoy.
04/12/03
Fellini's movies work on this level, reveling in their carnival atmosphere while at the same time critiquing them.
03/27/03
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