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Director David Lynch ups the weird ante with this "psychological fugue." Fred Madison (Bill Pullman) is a jazz saxophonist who is married to the beautiful Renee (a brown-haired Patricia Arquette). After receiving menacing videotapes taken from inside their home, the couple begin to worry. Fred's fear is compounded when he meets .. Read more

Starring	Bill Pullman, Patricia Arquette, Balthazar Getty, Robert Blake
Director	David Lynch
Genres	Drama

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- An exploration of four characters in search of each other that leaves them, and the audience, too often stranded in limbo.
- 31745
- - Halliwell's Film Guide
  - 02 Mar 2006 at 15:42
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  - 1
  Dark and impenetrable
  
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  I wouldn't recommend this to the hard-of-thinking. This is David Lynch trying his hardest to make you lose the plot.
  
  Half way through this film ... read more »
  
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  - blunderwood
  - East Sussex
  - 06 Feb 2004 at 16:17
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- - 3
  - 0
  Sweet Perfection!
  
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  Superb film and one of Lynch's finest to date. The filmography, the cinematics, the soundtrack - providing you like David Lynch, this film is the equivalent... read more »
  
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- - The_Smab
  - 1 review
  - 13 Apr 2011 at 10:24
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  Lost Highway
  
  Very weird film, didn't enjoy it, couldn't understand it, don't recommend it! I'll wait for the updated version and see if that's any ... read more »
  
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  - Durham
  - 24 Apr 2010 at 15:26
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  - 1
  Not for those who dislike loose ends...
  
  The other reviews will give you a flavour of what actually happens in this film so I won't bother, but it is worth pointing out that the soundtrack was put ... read more »
  
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- 869901
- - a customer
  - Kent
  - 07 Mar 2010 at 11:52
- - 1
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  Typical David Lynch
  
  A typical nightmarish vision from director David Lynch.
  
  It may not always seem to make sense, but theres a degree of coherence throughout - it's ... read more »
  
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- - klein
  - 4 reviews
  - Blackwood
  - 18 Nov 2009 at 20:50
- - 0
  - 1
  Long Pants!
  
  Mulholland Drive. Donnie Darko. Lost Highway.
  
  Nicely shot. Well acted. What the Dickens are they all about?!
  
  Sometimes I see modern ... read more »
  
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- 793034
- - Pale
  - 55 reviews
  - LONDON
  - 03 Aug 2009 at 09:21
- - 0
  - 0
  Classic darkside surrealism
  
  Another thrillingly wierd and nightmarish turn from David Lynch- I am slowly working my way through his works and I love his rumbling soundtracks, the 'what... read more »
  
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- - BeccyMalloi
  - 124 reviews
  - Kersey, Suffolk
  - 08 Jun 2009 at 12:34
- - 0
  - 0
  No escape
  
  This is probably my favourite Lynch film. It has plenty of his usual directorial flourishes and also a killer soundtrack. Typical Lynchian imagery abounds and ... read more »
  
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- - grantf
  - 56 reviews
  - Edinburgh
  - 17 May 2009 at 16:38
- - 0
  - 0
  Dark & Mysteriously Brilliant!
  
  For some reason you can't rent this DVD so I bought it off online and watched it and it's amazing.
  
  It's David Lynch so it's a mind ... read more »
  
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- - Mosco
  - 201 reviews
  - London
  - 07 May 2009 at 19:06
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  - 4
  pointless trash
  
  i am going to avoid all 'cult' movies in future as i have come to realise that 'cult' means, senseless, poorly acted and written, and with plots... read more »
  
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- - dave woolrich
  - stafford
  - 31 Mar 2009 at 23:51
- - 0
  - 0
  Chairman of the Weird meets the Bored
  
  Uncle Dave make's film's a certain way. I'm comfortable enough with that. But the thinkg about being a kookiest of kooks is the need for invention. ... read more »
  
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- - SteveBent
  - 99 reviews
  - Tring
  - 29 Apr 2008 at 22:29
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- - 21
  - 1
  Dark and impenetrable
  
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  I wouldn't recommend this to the hard-of-thinking. This is David Lynch trying his hardest to make you lose the plot.
  
  Half way through this film ... read more »
  
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- 299186
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  - blunderwood
  - East Sussex
  - 06 Feb 2004 at 16:17
- - 11
  - 2
  Lost its way
  
  Started well and sucked me in but the twist after the 'murder' left me bemused.
  
  There was no continuity and very little in the way of points ... read more »
  
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- - robsheehan
  - 62 reviews
  - London
  - 14 May 2007 at 12:10
- - 10
  - 0
  Cryptic and challenging
  
  Similar in many ways to Mullholland Drive, although not 'quite' as good in my opinion. Still excellent stuff though!
  
  It's a story told in... read more »
  
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- - zepafa
  - 11 reviews
  - Whitley Bay
  - 02 Apr 2005 at 13:26
- - 9
  - 1
  Cool with substance
  
  Like a number of of Lynch's best films, this merits watching a second time. The film is very much open to interpretation - my theory is that it is about a ... read more »
  
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- - DominicSender
  - 14 reviews
  - London
  - 19 Oct 2005 at 08:51
- - 4
  - 1
  Hypnotic
  
  For me a film should be about escapism and art, and Lost Highway excels at both - Hypnotic dream-like cinematography and dialoge really do put the viewer into a... read more »
  
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- - Ben
  - Wiltshire, UK
  - 13 Apr 2005 at 15:13
- - 3
  - 0
  Mad as a box of frogs
  
  Woah, definitely one of Lynch's best films (next to Eraserhead). The 'twist' in the middle must be one of the most headboxing plot turns ever. Lynch... read more »
  
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- - SamT
  - Manchester, England
  - 11 Aug 2005 at 20:01
- - 3
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  Music, atmosphere and genuine creativity
  
  I regularly rewatch this wonderful film.
  
  The Badalamante soundtrack ranges from searing modern jazz, throw-back Americana, dreamy ambient to brain ... read more »
  
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- - a customer
  - Bristol
  - 01 Dec 2005 at 19:37
- - 3
  - 0
  Sweet Perfection!
  
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  Superb film and one of Lynch's finest to date. The filmography, the cinematics, the soundtrack - providing you like David Lynch, this film is the equivalent... read more »
  
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- - The_Smab
  - 1 review
  - 13 Apr 2011 at 10:24
- - 3
  - 2
  If you are a David ...
  
  If you are a David Lynch fan then you will love this film, deliciously dark and twisted surreality - you will have no idea what happened by the end, but leave ... read more »
  
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- - htrendell#1
  - SUTTON
  - 23 Feb 2004 at 09:51
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  Don't try and work it out!!
  
  Very strange and rather unsettling, this is certainly a film that makes you think. Don't think too much though because I don't believe that David Lynch... read more »
  
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- - a customer
  - London, UK
  - 19 Jun 2006 at 23:57

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Critics' reviews
- An exploration of four characters in search of each other that leaves them, and the audience, too often stranded in limbo.
- 31745
- - Halliwell's Film Guide
  - 02 Mar 2006 at 15:42
- Jazz saxophonist Fred (Pullman) is haunted by anxiety about the fidelity of his wife Renee (Arquette) and the... read more on Time Out
- 45012
- - Time Out
  - 04 Nov 2008 at 00:15

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