Fresh
It's certainly distinctive, looking at times like Richard Lester put through a postmodernist blender.
Jonathan Rosenbaum, Chicago Reader
Fear and Loathing in Las Vegas
Buy the ticket, take the ride.
1998 · 1h 58m · R
Adventure, Comedy, Drama
Directed by
Terry Gilliam
Overview
Raoul Duke and his attorney Dr. Gonzo drive a red convertible across the Mojave desert to Las Vegas with a suitcase full of drugs to cover a motorcycle race. As their consumption of drugs increases at an alarming rate, the stoned duo trash their hotel room and fear legal repercussions. Duke begins to drive back to L.A., but after an odd run-in with a cop, he returns to Sin City and continues his wild drug binge.
Director and cast
- Terry Gilliam Director
- Johnny Depp as Raoul Duke
- Benicio del Toro as Dr. Gonzo / Oscar Z. Acosta
- Tobey Maguire as Hitchhiker
- Michael Lee Gogin as Uniformed Dwarf
- Larry Cedar as Car Rental Agent - Los Angeles
- Brian Le Baron as Parking Attendant
- Katherine Helmond as Desk Clerk at Mint Hotel
- Mark Harmon as Magazine Reporter at Mint 400
- Michael Warwick as Bell Boy
- Craig Bierko Cast
Critics on Rotten Tomatoes
Top critics, in their words
51%
Tomatometer
Rotten
(Gilliam's) vision is too reflexively comic to evoke the shadows of dread in Thompson's writing.
Owen Gleiberman, Entertainment Weekly
Rotten
Pic serves up a sensory overload without any compensatory reflection on the outlandish and irresponsible behavior on view.
Todd McCarthy, Variety
Rotten
A film of brilliant moments, but sadly less coherent - and, on senses, rather less personal - than most of Gilliam's work.
Geoff Andrew, Time Out
Rotten
It's really a series of sketches on one theme.
Edward Guthmann, San Francisco Chronicle
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