Fresh
Repellent yet intriguing, brutal yet funny, wicked yet strangely compassionate, The Salton Sea is more about mixing genres and styles than illuminating a credible reality.
Bruce Westbrook, Houston Chronicle
The Salton Sea
If you're looking for the truth, you've come to the wrong place.
2002 · 1h 43m · R
Crime, Drama, Mystery, Thriller
Directed by
D.J. Caruso
Overview
After the murder of his beloved wife, a man in search of redemption is set adrift in a world where nothing is as it seems. On his journey, he befriends slacker Jimmy "The Finn", becomes involved in rescuing his neighbor Colette from her own demons, and gets entangled in a web of deceit full of unexpected twists and turns.
Director and cast
- D.J. Caruso Director
- Val Kilmer as Tom Van Allen | Danny Parker
- Vincent D'Onofrio as Pooh-Bear
- Adam Goldberg as Kujo
- Luis Guzmán as Quincy
- Doug Hutchison as Gus Morgan
- Anthony LaPaglia as Al Garcetti
- Glenn Plummer as Bobby
- Peter Sarsgaard as Jimmy the Finn
- Deborah Kara Unger as Colette
- Chandra West as Liz
Critics on Rotten Tomatoes
Top critics, in their words
63%
Tomatometer
Rotten
Sacrificing content for style, Caruso gives us a lot to look at but little to ponder.
Robert K. Elder, Chicago Tribune
Fresh
For what it is, it's well-done -- a stylized-beyond-reality derivation of Natural Born Killers, perhaps. Or a more gonzo version of Go or Blow. But the heart has been stylized out of it.
Steven Rosen, Denver Post
Fresh
If there's no art here, it's still a good yarn -- which is nothing to sneeze at these days.
Sam Allis, Boston Globe
Fresh
A thriller with an edge -- which is to say that it doesn't follow the stale, standard, connect-the-dots storyline which has become commonplace in movies that explore the seamy underbelly of the criminal world.
James Berardinelli, ReelViews
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