1994 Review Blog
Natural Born Killers
Grade: B+ 03/10/2010
A perfect marriage of Oliver Stone's controversy-filled-morality-tale style and Quentin Tarantino's shock-filled-twisted-narrative style, NATURAL BORN KILLERS is quite a unique experience. Woody Harrelson & Juliette Lewis are great as the couple on a cross-country kill spree but Robert Downy Jr. as the fame-obsessed trash-tv host and Tommy Lee Jones as the smarmy warden steal the show. At times, I found the weirdness of the constant changing cinematography and animation a bit grating, but it is a great original. I found myself easily slipping from the "this kind of media frenzy would never happen" to "this is EXACTLY what would happen"...even though the whole premise is grossy over-exaggerated. Wonderful film!!
1001 Movie to See Before You Die
Grade: B+ 03/10/2010
A perfect marriage of Oliver Stone's controversy-filled-morality-tale style and Quentin Tarantino's shock-filled-twisted-narrative style, NATURAL BORN KILLERS is quite a unique experience. Woody Harrelson & Juliette Lewis are great as the couple on a cross-country kill spree but Robert Downy Jr. as the fame-obsessed trash-tv host and Tommy Lee Jones as the smarmy warden steal the show. At times, I found the weirdness of the constant changing cinematography and animation a bit grating, but it is a great original. I found myself easily slipping from the "this kind of media frenzy would never happen" to "this is EXACTLY what would happen"...even though the whole premise is grossy over-exaggerated. Wonderful film!!
1001 Movie to See Before You Die