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This debut feature film from music video director Dominic Sena is a romp through the world of serial killing, which in its bleakness and moral bankruptcy looks backwards to Terrence Malick's Badlands and forward to Oliver Stone's Natural Born Killers. Michelle Forbes plays hip, Mapplethorpe-esque photographer Carrie Laughlin, .. Read more

Starring	Brad Pitt, Juliette Lewis, David Duchovny, Michelle Forbes
Director	Dominic Sena
Genres	Drama

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- Erotic photographer Carrie (Forbes) and her lover Brian (Duchovny), a writer researching serial murders, are not so... read more on Time Out
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  It is not what I ...
  
  It is not what I expected. It is a very basic film. But Brad Pitt's performance was good.
  
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  - 15 Apr 2004 at 16:04
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  Pitt's best film
  
  This has to be Pitts best film. Always cast as the pretty boy hero? Well in this one I actually saw him act a role that was amazing and not for the usual ... read more »
  
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  - 20 Jan 2012 at 00:04
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  There is 2 hours of my life I wont get back . . . .
  
  Tried hard to get into this movie and stuck with it until the end and was just disappointed, even though the acting was very good, esp Brad Pitt of whom i am a ... read more »
  
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- - MissScarlett
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  - Torquay
  - 14 Aug 2011 at 13:36
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  Hidden Gem
  
  Not a very well known film but definitely a goody! A fine cast of actors, my favourite being the unique and funny Juliette Lewis who 'likes wind'. I'... read more »
  
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- - djscribla
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  - Ashford
  - 28 Jun 2011 at 17:52
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  Good film worth a watch
  
  I first saw this film when it was released, always wanted to watch again, Bradd Pitt offers a five star performance. Good film!
  
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  - 23 Jun 2011 at 15:23
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  I am hard to please; but I liked this !
  
  I saw this 3 years ago; I know it's made in 1993 when Brad Pitt was not so mega famous; I have only got around to rating it. I do like Brad Pitt ( a cliche ... read more »
  
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- - LONDONLADY36
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  - SOUTH LONDON
  - 15 Jul 2010 at 16:02
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  Kalifornia
  
  David Duchovny before he was Mulder and Brad Pitt as a serial killer redneck? Well the latter was certainly impressive; Brad Pitt always seems to surprise me ... read more »
  
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- - CJH
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  - Dundee
  - 17 Oct 2009 at 20:51
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  Kalifornia
  
  Well, I personally think Brad Pitt deserved an oscar for this role! He total transformed himself into the menacingwhacko his character was. Really good movie ... read more »
  
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  - 03 Jun 2009 at 11:10
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  good but violent
  
  very intense movie and violent.... dark
  
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  - London
  - 13 Mar 2008 at 09:48
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  Kalifornia
  
  Emotionally effective and visually interesting, Kalifornia is both dramatic road movie and serial killer character study. Duchovny and Forbes are an engaging ... read more »
  
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- - mdridley
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  - 25 Feb 2008 at 12:03
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  strange
  
  good but very strange, liked it 10 years ago but just found it sick this time round. it is worth a watch but brad very weird and scummy in this one although ... read more »
  
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  - 19 Aug 2007 at 11:36
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  It is not what I ...
  
  It is not what I expected. It is a very basic film. But Brad Pitt's performance was good.
  
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  - Hazem#1
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  So So
  
  Did not really think much of this film. Suppose it was a novel story but there was no real thought provoking or captivating story to get into. Bit ... read more »
  
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  - Fairford Leys
  - 01 Feb 2006 at 22:15
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  A sub-classic all the way
  
  I guess the main talking point is going to be about Brad, so here's my bit - in this film he seems driven to portray the opposite of everything he is in ... read more »
  
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- - DrMikey
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  - 07 Sep 2004 at 13:50
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  <i>Strange ...
  
  <i>Strange coincidence</i> that a writer about serial murders ends up travelling across the US with - guess what . . . .? This point aside Brad Pitt... read more »
  
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  - 15 Mar 2004 at 11:50
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  Total rubbish
  
  Only giving it one star because I have to. Total waste of time. Dont' bother to rent it.
  
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  - 14 Mar 2006 at 17:17
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  Cult Classic
  
  This movie was not as good as I remmember and I hate Duchovny but as a whole it is still a classic. I thought the underlined story was pretty good as Pitt gives... read more »
  
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  - 16 May 2006 at 13:31
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  Excellent
  
  A great film, good actors and excellent storyline, it will keep you watching in suspense to the end of the film!
  
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- - Adam2004
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  - 22 Dec 2004 at 18:19
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  Cheap kicks
  
  Something of a cheap offering, Kalifornia is useful as a reference point for the developing career of its leading actor, Brad Pitt. Whilst his role as serial ... read more »
  
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- - richwatts
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  - 01 Mar 2005 at 15:33
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  strange
  
  good but very strange, liked it 10 years ago but just found it sick this time round. it is worth a watch but brad very weird and scummy in this one although ... read more »
  
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  - 19 Aug 2007 at 11:36
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  Kalifornia
  
  Emotionally effective and visually interesting, Kalifornia is both dramatic road movie and serial killer character study. Duchovny and Forbes are an engaging ... read more »
  
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- - mdridley
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  - 25 Feb 2008 at 12:03

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- Kalifornia - Blu-ray
  
  After finishing a magazine assignment on serial killers, journalist Brian Kessler (David Duchovny) is so fascinated that he decides to co-author a book on homicidal maniacs with his exhibitionist-photographer girlfriend Carrie Laughlin (Michelle Forbes). En route to California, where the bored ...

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- Kalifornia
  
  This debut feature film from music video director Dominic Sena is a romp through the world of serial killing, which in its bleakness and moral bankruptcy looks backwards to Terrence Malick's Badlands and forward to Oliver Stone's Natural Born Killers. Michelle Forbes plays hip, Mapplethorpe-esque ...