Brad Pitt, Juliette Lewis, Michelle Forbes

David Duchovny is a blocked author with a fascination for outlaw killers who hatches a plan to road trip through America's mass-murder landmarks to finish his book. He enlists his frustrated photogr...( read more  read more... )apher girlfriend Michelle Forbes, who desperately wants to leave the East Coast for L.A., to illustrate the tome, and they advertise for riding partners. Luckily for them, they wind up with a veteran killer, the greasy trailer-park ex-con Brad Pitt, who decides to skip parole with his cowering child-woman girlfriend Juliette Lewis. Duchovny is enamored by gun-toting Pitt's recklessness and lawless disregard for, well, everything; he's simultaneously terrified and thrilled by Pitt's brutal beating of a barfly. Meanwhile, Pitt's leaving a trail of corpses in their wake.

Directed with a cool remove by Dominic Sena (Gone in 60 Seconds 2000), Kalifornia falls somewhere between Badlands and Natural Born Killers. Pitt brings a ferocious magnetism to his part, but it's still hard to buy genial Duchovny's odd attraction; Juliette Lewis conveys a terrifying sense of victimization with her poor dumb creature. Despite the film's best efforts, it never really plumbs the psyche of Pitt's simmering psycho--he's just plain bad, you know--but it does fashion an effective little thriller out of the tensions brewing in the restless quartet. --Sean Axmaker

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R, 1 hr. 57 min.

Directed by: Dominic Sena

Release Date: September 3, 1993

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DVD Release Date: October 28, 1997

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  • September 24, 2009
    I really liked it when it first came out, not so much now on a resent re-watch, it?s become a bit of a cult classic now though. Juliette Lewis does annoy me at times, she's a much better singer!
  • January 18, 2009
    Formulaic yet a genuine thriller, thrilling in no small part due to Brad Pitt's wonderfully psychotic character. Ironically, he's also the funniest character in the movie--laugh-out-loud funny. That said, I suffered a couple oh-my-god-that-can't-be-a-woman-it-must-be-a-man-eurysm...( read more)s throughout the movie. *cough* Juliette Lewis, Michelle Forbes *cough*
  • September 27, 2008
    great acting, wish it had more violence
  • March 5, 2008
    Pitt is always mesmerizing...but he doesn't have much of a script to work with
  • February 8, 2008
    Sadly overshadowed by NBKs.
  • November 22, 2009
    Last Viewed: 21/11/2009
  • November 20, 2009
    The character work by Brad Pitt as Early Grayson is brilliant!
    The film is about a writer(David Duchovny) with a fascination for serial killers who plans a road trip through mass-murder landmarks for ideas on how to finish his latest writing project. He and his photographer girl...( read more)friend(Michelle Forbes) advertise for riding partners to share expenses while on their jouney to Los Angeles, California.
    Their ad is answered by Early and his cowed girlfriend who is very well portrayed by Juliette Lewis; and turns out to give more than ideas for the blocked writer.
  • October 28, 2009
    great acting highlights this one.
  • October 24, 2009
    sounds like my cuppa tea!!!
  • October 11, 2009
    You know what? I'm starting to think Brad Pitt stars in some really bad movies

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  • Match the quote to the movie: "Early don't eat breakfast. He thinks it's a conspiracy put together by the cereal people."  Answer »
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