Fresh
If there's an undercurrent of impending cataclysm in today's culture, 'Kaboom' senses that feeling, seizes it in a surreal clinch and hurtles with it off a cliff.
Ben Walters, Time Out
Kaboom
Blow your mind.
2010 · 1h 26m · UNRATED
Comedy, Mystery, Science Fiction
Directed by
Gregg Araki
Overview
Smith, a typical young college student who likes partying and engaging in acts of random sex and debauchery, has been having some interesting dreams revolving around two gorgeous women -- and is shocked when he meets the dream girls in real life. Lorelei looks just like his fantasy brunette, while a mysterious red-haired girl being chased by assassins draws him into an international conspiracy. Or is it all just a drug-induced hallucination?
Director and cast
Critics on Rotten Tomatoes
Top critics, in their words
59%
Tomatometer
Rotten
Designed to have its own fun, filled to the brim with bangs of all kinds but mostly landing with a whimper.
William Goss, Film.com
Fresh
What pop spectacle!
Stephen Cole, Globe and Mail
Fresh
The film is Araki's most ambitious to date, with a quick pace, music that's hip and cool and a mood that alternates between playful and eccentric.
Bruce Demara, Toronto Star
Rotten
All that's truly strange here though is that Araki gets so few jolts or laughs from this hodge-podge of genres.
Kirk Honeycutt, Hollywood Reporter
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