Natural Born Killers Reviews

A classic, Juliette Lewis is briliant as Malory.

I cant believe the reviews Ive read on this film! Natural Born Killers is a brilliant postmodern assaults on postmoderism itsself.

The camera angles and changes in medium are there for that very reason. Its a violent yet artistic attack on the senses. The narrative isnt supposed to be believable, its a hightened super reallity where the media is god and nothing is real.

This is also reflected outside the narrative by cutting disturbing scenes with the 'polarbear coco cola' advert. Its telling us a lot more about ourselves and how we view violence in the media than you might first realise.

Open your eyes and watch it again, if not then stick to the hollywood melodramas.

Please read the one star as nought

Oh how the Daily Mail drubbed this film, declaring it unfit to be shown publicly cos of the content. Just made me want to see it. Wish I'd taken more notice.

Woody from Cheers and Juliette Lewis, (Cape fear) team up and become tearaways, they're really fierce and violent and swear lots. Everything appears brighter and larger than life and as if Oliver Stone wishes to emulate Quentin Tarantino. Apparently QT had a hand in writing some of the script but was so unhappy with the way it took shape had his credit removed. Who can blame him?

Don't bother with this, if you've already made the mistake of seeing it, rent Pulp Fiction and imagine how this COULD have looked.

THIS HAS EVERYTHING . . BAD STORY . .BAD ACTING . .

this has been made for teenagers who want to be rebels . . it's about as cool as a slap in the face with a wet kipper . . i bet the cast could not believe they were being paid to star in this. We actually had to leave the cinema it was so bad . .watching paint dry would be more entertaining

love it or hate it

A film which has received praise and criticism in equal amounts, this is one that you will love or hate.

A serious blood letting from start to finish, gore fans will enjoy this title, especially in the director's cut form, and will also take pleasure in the deleted scenes, sadly not re-worked into the film. The chaotic style of camerawork, story, dialogue, music and pace (the screenplay was afterall written by Quentin Tarantino, although there his involvement ended) is considered either a work of genius, or a slapdash schoolboy bloodfest.

From a personal viewpoint, the story is very strong, and the points it makes about love and commitment are very powerful. The film actually has you wishing the pair on to kill more folk and live the quiet life they desire. Is the violence displayed justified by the story? That's a matter for individual opinion, however, the reaction to the violent spree shown by both the public and the press within the film is certainly worth thinking about: namely, would our society really behave in that way? The disturbing answer seems to be yes.

As for the film on a more practical level, the acting is very good (at times it's not acting, as you'll see from Tom Sizemore's account of filming) the use of music and sound effects are superb and the set design is quirky but supportive of both the physical and metaphorical journey the characters take.

Highly recommended, keeps you hooked and makes you think.

crap

this film is crap avoid it

and the award for worst film ever goes to . . .this one

utter utter rusbbish !!! everyone in this film is probably ashamed to admit it or just did it for the money

Too much

I know this supposed to be ahead of its time and a satire and all that, but I found it unbearable. Camera whirls around, film stock keeps changing and the soundtrack is LOUD. But its just too much, and you don't care what happens to the characters. If you want a satire on Hollywood violence, rent 'Funny Games' instead.

UTTER RUBBISH

HAVING NOW WATCHED A LOAD OF FILMS FROM DIE HARD TO LION KING AND PLATOON TO LOVE ACTUALLY.THIS COULD WELL BE THE WORST FILM I'VE EVER SEEN.SAYING THAT JULIETTE LEWIS IS STILL GOD DAMN SEXY.

[Highly rated reviewer]

Natural Born Killers

Having just watched this film it's easy to see why people don't like it, Natural Born Killers is not an action film or a thriller so don't rent it if that's what you're looking for. Natural Born Killers is an Art film that sets out to depict violence and show it for the mad, ugly, horrific thing that it is. It's about anger and expressing it in the most childish way.

It's best to ignore the people here who have given it such bad revues, The truth is they just don't understand, they where probably looking for something to follow up their Steven Seagal marathon.

So be prepared for something very very different in this film, it may have been more at home projected on the wall of a modern art museum, but one way or another you'll be surprised by it.

Killer film

This film is amazing, a phrase many overuse. Yes, it's gory, violent in the extreme and glamourises the horror, but it also shows us and the media for what we are; thrill seekers. The scene with Mallory's home life, showing her dad to be a sick abuser is dealt with incredibly. Set in a typical US sitcom scenario, it uses canned laughter and tedious audience applause when a character enters to maximise the horror. I've seen the poster so many times but never realised the lead actor is Woody (from Cheers, as I know him). Glorious.