Bonnie And Clyde Reviews

Absolutely perfect....

Somehow always managed to miss this film - and now that I've seen it it goes straight into my all time top five. I can't fault it in any way, direction, score, script and acting were perfect and the balance struck between the glamour of Bonnie and Clyde and the brutality of their crimes is finely judged. From the click,click, click of the photographs in the opening credits to it's bloody outcome - this film has it all.

With all the hit n' miss films we have to endure at the cinema these days, isn't it great when you watch an old movie that features classic performers at their finest? Here we have Warren Beatty and Faye Dunaway in their most famous roles as notorious bank robbers Bonnie and Clyde, who along with the infamous Barrow gang (excellently portrayed by Gene Hackman, Michael J. Pollard and Estelle Parsons) travel through 1920's USA robbing banks and leaving chaos in their wake. Although by todays standards it's not that shocking, at the time this was one of the most violent and controversial films ever made.

However, just as at the time Bonnie and Clyde were glamourised by the papers and in the eyes of much of the general public, this film does exactly the same thing. It takes a mostly light-hearted look at the crimes of murders of the Barrow gang, while their own inevitable deaths are depicted as being the most brutal. The script does not attempt to capture their true story -- for instance they quite knowingly condensed two members of the gang into one, and rather than being a rampant bisexual, Clyde Barrow is depicted as impotent.

But so long as you don't expect a straight-foward biopic or a history lesson, this is a very good piece of classic cinema with some fantastic performances all around. If you're interested in the true story, look elsewhere -- this simply captures the legend of Bonnie and Clyde rather than the reality.

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Moving with the times.

I got this one out of nostalgia, having seen the movie when it was first released. Both Faye Dunaway and Warren Beatty give excellent performances. Its enjoyable, but overall the movie is not quite as good as I remembered it, and I realise now that a lot of its notoriety stems from its shock ending. But worth a look.

Bonnie and Clyde is a good fun film, although touching on very serious tones throughout - Beatty's Clyde going almost into shock after first killing a man - it is overall just a crime caper. The end as most people know is hard to manage in the rest of the film's reasonably cheerful tone, but still fits perfectly. A good watch.

Enjoyable classic

Bonnie and Clyde are in love and on the run. They rob banks. Simple as that. Beatty is very good as Clyde Barrow, and Gene Hackman in a supporting role as his brother.

This film has clear influences on modern heist/chase films, and the violence was unseen in the day, but has opened it up to the world.

The music was also unique using the typical Southern banjo style pursuit music, and it is well shot.

The ending is infamous, though abrupt, and, despite the legacy, this film isn't a masterpiece and seems dated.

Kicked off the greatest period in film history

For me 1967 to 1981 marked the golden age of film. Encompassing films from Butch Cassidy, 2001 and Easy Rider through the early and best days of DePalma, Rafelson, Ashby, Spielberg, Scorsese, Coppola, Bogdanovich, Cassavetes, Nichols, etc all the way to the beginnings of blockbusterdom (Star Wars & Empire Strikes Back, Raiders Of The Lost Ark) before they became cynical exercises. And Bonnie & Clyde started it all.

Revolutionary in 1967 you can still see why. It is brutal and funny, a far cry from the big budget musicals still winning Oscars at the time. Bonnie & Clyde wanted to appeal to youth and it did. Beatty and Dunaway smouldered on screen. The pair are sexier than any of todays cookie-cutter starlets. They have also never bettered these performances despite consistent careers. Gene Hackman is also excellent, as is Michael J Pollard and Estelle Parsons is so damn irritating she deserves the Oscar she one thoroughly.

Well staged, interesting and thrilling at the same time. This works both as in insight into the world if gangsters, a look at two infamous criminals you might know little about, and a great entertainment.

A perfect film is just about every way and one that Hollywood would not and could not make now.

A must for anyone that calls themselves a film fan.

wonderful

I have always been addicted to the story of Bonnie and Clyde. This film portrays them better than I had thought it would and sticks clearly to the stories brought to us from old text on these two misfits.

It's really a love story with a tragic ending. It's quite a sad story.

Good Film

It was good to watch because you don?t know what would happen next

I enjoyed it

Great!

I've always wanted to watch this movie and was dubious about it being an old movie that it wouldn't take my fancy too much. Then I sat down and decided to anyway and was NOT disappointed.

Great movie, great fun, great time.

Classic

At first it is almost a comedy, as we watch the antics of Beatty and Dunaway. It is like playful violence. But you know this won't last and as we are gradually made more aware of the hurt they are causing, the end is inevitable.