Antonio Banderas, Brad Pitt, Christian Slater
After an aristocratic Louisiana gentleman's abrupt transformation into a vampire at the hands of a mysterious foreigner, he reluctantly settles into a life of nocturnal domesticity, augmented by the a...( read more
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DVD Release Date: August 28, 1997
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November 1, 2009Still a good movie about homoerotic vampires living in Louisiana without accents.
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October 9, 2009another absolute gem from neil jordan. has been one of my favourite movies for years. it's probably also the best thing going about vampires. no other film or tv series will match this! tom cruise is in his lifetimes best performance so far and brad pitt is good
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September 28, 2009I finally watched this beautiful vampire feature as an adult for the first time. I remember watching this when it first came out, but I was too young to really appreciate the acting and the beautiful time it took place in. Brad Pitt was wonderful as always and I was surprised by ...( read more)
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July 18, 2009This is a tricky one. The whole vampire life story is amazing, charting history through the eyes of a vampire. The look is extremely well done and its got a classic feel about it. Seeing vampires in different countries and periods is also cool. There maybe too many big names in i...( read more)
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November 7, 2009I'd watch the movie twice and that is saying something. One of those timeless classics.
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November 5, 2009Long, but utterly brilliant. I can't say enough about theh costumes and the cast. I'm a Twilight fan (the books), however Rice's novel/thismovie is much more refined and sophisticated. All the male vampires in the movie are to die for (pun intended).
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November 4, 2009All i have to say is great vamp movie. The settings, actors and script, they done the book proud, all round brillant
All i have to say is great vamp movie!! the settings actors and script all round great.
Critic Reviews
May 12, 2001
Peter Travers, Rolling Stone
January 1, 2000
Roger Ebert, Chicago Sun-Times
My complaint about the film is that not very much happens, in the plot sense. full review
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July 5, 2008i completely loved it...was a bit hard to follow thye first time round but after that...i just fell for it1 beautifully put together! Brad Pitt was amazing as louis....made vampires appear sexy and tom cruise well it was a completely different style of role but done very well and kirsten dunst was super for such a young person!
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March 1, 2008Good Movie, I like the quotes, and the costumes, the actors where somewhat decent for once.
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November 2, 2007
this movie is absoultly brilliant!! everything was such as a suprise after a surprise!! it was just a breath taking excellant movie!!
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October 4, 2007The Best Vampire movie of all time! Its Anne Rice's dream on film, with the best cast possible. I've seen this movie too many times to count, and its better ever time!
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August 13, 2007Awesome.. one of my favourites by far! Great cast list... Tom Cruise is actually a GOOD actor for once!
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August 1, 2007
Omg i Soooooooooooooooooooo love brad and tom in this movie i swear the best movie ever!! why did tom have to meet katie and go phyco?!?! oh well I AM CLAUDIA!!
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June 11, 2007The Movie is the best so far out of the Chronicles... Queen was two books in one movie what were they thinking.. Althought Jon Davis made some great songs but that couldnt save it.. Cruise played Lestat great... 5 Stars by me....
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