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1991 Certificate 15
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Two street hustlers from the Northwest, one abandoned as a child, the other rebellious scion of a wealthy and powerful family, travel as far as Rome, Italy in search of the former's missing mother. Read more

Starring River Phoenix, Keanu Reeves, James Russo
Director Gus Van Sant
Genres Drama, Gay/Lesbian

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My Own Private Idaho

Two street hustlers from the Northwest, one abandoned as a child, the other rebellious scion of a wealthy and powerful family, travel as far as Rome, Italy in search of the former's missing mother.

Starring River Phoenix, Keanu Reeves, James Russo
Director Gus Van Sant
Studio Warner
Run time DVD: 1 hr 40 mins
Certificate Certificate 15
Genres Drama, Gay/Lesbian
Language DVD: English
Subtitles DVD: English
Released DVD: 27 Jun 2005
Production year: 1991
Format DVD

  • Critics' reviews (2) of My Own Private Idaho

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  • 4 stars out of 5

    A narcoleptic rent boy's doomed quest to find his mother is all the story director Gus Van Sant needs to explore the meaning of “home” and “family” in this unsettling tone poem. Using hallucinatory dream sequences, cinéma vérité confessions with male hustlers, artful sexual posing and impressionistic effects to hammer home the disturbed state of River Phoenix's mind, Van Sant also manages to extract a mould-breaking performance from Keanu Reeves (playing the object of Phoenix's affections). Audacious, controversial, directional, important and totally unique, you'll either love it or hate it. But see it!

    • Radio Times
    • Posted 29 Jan 2006
  • 1 stars out of 4

    A variation on Shakespeare's Henry IV, complete with a seductive but dangerous Falstaffian figure, which becomes a distracting device, lessening the film's impact.

    • Halliwell's Film Guide
    • Posted 02 Mar 2006

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  • 27 out of 33 people found this review helpful

    Rated - 5 stars

    River's greatest performance

    I highly recommend this film, one of Gus Van Sant's best features to date. And as usual for one of his films it is VERY arthouse, much of the dialogue is even shakespearian. But the main reason to see this film is because this was probably River Phoenix's most difinitive performance. He was perfectly cast in this role that was to be one of his last before his death. He even wrote the key scene in the film between his and Keanu Reeves character. Personally I think this is a must-see gay or straight.

      • phoe66 from Brighton, England
      • Posted 12 Jun 2005 13:33

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  • 4 out of 6 people found this review helpful

    Rated - 1 star [Highly rated reviewer]

    what a load of ...........

    pls dont rent it unless u seriously wanna go deep deep into things and then fall asleep as your head hurts after.. lol

    not my kind of movie.. i just didnt get it

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