Cress Williams, James Duval, Johnathon Schaech

Jordan White and Amy Blue, two troubled teens, pick up an adolescent drifter, Xavier Red. Together, the threesome embark on a sex and violence-filled journey through an America of psychos and quickiem...( read more  read more... )arts.

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R, 1 hr. 30 min.

Directed by: Gregg Araki

Release Date: October 25, 1995

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DVD Release Date: August 4, 1998

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  • July 10, 2009
    Pretty sure this was written by a 9 year old who learned the f word. It makes no sense, and they constatnly insult each other using phrases I've not heard since middle school. It gets 1.5 stars for being strange and having killing and a few short blissful moments of Rose McGowa...( read more)n. Otherwise I wanted strangle every character in it.
  • December 2, 2008
    This movie has a consistent and unique tone, which is why I wasn't surprised this was an Araki film. Araki is fantastic with tone, and in this film, he creates an alternate electro junkie 90s fever-dream where the world is always on the edge of ending and everything is distorted ...( read more)into symbols and pop art to convey the indescribable desperation and fear the characters think rests naturally within their souls. The soundtrack is near constant, and is as much an important character as the three people this film focuses on. The story is an odd love triangle set in post modern crazy land, with the repeated incidents of sudden deadly violence and cases of unforgivable mistaken identity pushing the plot from one sex scene to another.

    This film pulls into the world of these three characters so fully. Rose McGowan creates the paradigm of the annoying junkie girl from the 90s and it plays well off the sensitive stoner and daring bad boy cutouts of characters. Definitely a film for people who feel like thinking about what they are watching, as much of the detail is in symbolic 90s art creations and the main plot points reference not reality, but B movies. Watching this movie is like falling into an abyss of the 1990s and its complacent pessimism. The film just leaves one feeling unsettled and in this way perfectly captures its era and what its characters are feeling and conveys that to the audience.

    Fantastic ending, a real blinder that works so well.

    Cool cameos: Parker Posey and Perry Farrell of Jane's Addiction

    "Most Fucked Up" highlight: head still talking, the conclusion
  • April 19, 2008
    I'm surprised that the same man who directed Mysterious Skin also directed this atrocity.
  • October 15, 2007
    Cheesy, sleezy and gory. Rose McGowan still manages to badly act, but James Duval is really endearing somehow. It's worth the watch..but don't get too invested.
  • August 2, 2007
    For some reason I loved this movie as a teenager. On repeat viewing a decade later, it just looks like a bunch of stupid kids being egocentric brats. Lots of pointless violence and shagging, but not much else. Love Araki's work, but this was pretty stupid.
  • October 24, 2009
    A bloody good film (haha). One of Rose McGowan's best roles and performances. Nobody could have played her role better. I think thats probably what I like most about it... as well as the colours and shots used. Oh, and the dialogue is hilarious and incredibly quotable! A cult cla...( read more)ssic!
  • September 26, 2009
    This movie is great! Teen angst X10 ! No shortage of excitement! It has quite a bit of humor mixed in as well, and of course sex. Notice how often 666 comes up too. The heroine surely has a way of being in the wrong place at the wrong time. Hope you like shotguns. Last but not le...( read more)ast, just to add one last touch of interest, there are many mistaken identity situations. The ending is a bit strange.
  • September 10, 2009
    Very original and very enjoyable. Just a fun flick.
  • August 26, 2009
    I liked it to me it kept me pulled in the thing was I Expected an the ending to reveal why people where after Amy and where they where headed, and if the other lesbian chick ever got the them? :D
  • August 24, 2009
    Not as good as Mysterious Skin or Living End, but it's still worth watching.

Critic Reviews


December 20, 2005
Nick Schager, Lessons of Darkness

Self-consciously strives for transgressive nihilism without ever recognizing the sheer absurdity of its every component. full review

May 12, 2001
Peter Travers, Rolling Stone

It's a savagely funny ride fueled by Araki's insight and blunt compassion. full review

January 1, 2000
Roger Ebert, Chicago Sun-Times

This is the kind of movie where the filmmaker hopes to shock you with sickening carnage and violent amorality, while at the same time holding himself carefully aloof from it with his style. full review

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  • stevesparks1971
    December 15, 2006
    I love this movie. Rose M. is just so naughty in this movie. I love it.

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