Nicolas Cage, Laura Dern, Willem Dafoe
Young lovers Sailor and Lula run from the variety of weirdos that Lula's mom has hired to kill Sailor.
DVD Release Date: December 7, 2004
Stats: 2,038 reviews
One of my favourite Lynch films. Watch his interview on the DVD extras of The Straight Story about 'Duck vision' then watch this film! It's also got a brilliant soundtrack!
i really tried to like this lynch effort. i've never managed it with any of his others. i even paid attention for about three quarters of the film... learnt who all the characters were and what their connections to each other were. also watched all the repetitive scenes. after al...( read more)
David Lynch comes at you on two levels. His rendition of Wild at Heart plays to both the conscious and the subconscious. You'll watch Diane Ladd confront Nicolas Cage in a men's room, but later you'll flashback to the overhead shot of the toilet. You'll be engrossed by ...( read more)
This is what happens when David Lynch makes a movie that he tries to help you understand without really thinking about it. Everything is thrown out there in plain site for you to pick up in order with some things that are supposed to be twists and turns but which really just kind...( read more)
This movie is idiotic trash, so I'm surprised that I didn't love it, since Lynch fills it with what my stupid generation would call "random" characters and situations. No double standards for Lynch--he likes to exploit grotesques. I think he likes rape too.
I appreciate this for being so incredibly offbeat. Even for David Lynch, it feels like the road trip from hell. I think this is the most comedic that Lynch has or ever will go. The characters are so screwball in nature, that you can't help but laugh when they try to make sense. N...( read more)
The Always fascinating, yet oddly outrageous "Wild At Heart", Even sometimes Melo-Drama is good for you.
The movie is lurid melodrama, soap opera, exploitation, put-on and self-satire. full review
what an awful film, this has all the subtlty and grace of a brick in the face, theres something undeniably immature and illthought out about this film. the sripting is AWFUL characters just blurt out their idenities, desires, fears etc constantly! instead of letting the viewer gradully come to understand them. incredibly boring camera work, the acting is so bad that theres a real sense that no one understands what theyre doing or why in this film. its been a long time since i couldnt watch a film from front to back non stop...this however deserves as much ignorance as possible
Great movie! I watch it several times a year. Much easier to digest than may of Lynch's films. Lots of fun. Willem Dafoe shoulda won for best supporting actor. Harry Dean Stanton and Diane Ladd are terrific. A must see!
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