
The big-screen version of Hunter S. Thompson's seminal psychedelic classic about his road trip across Western America as he and his large Samoan lawyer searched desperately for the "American dream"... they were helped in large part by the huge amount of drugs and alcohol kept in their convertible, The Red Shark.... (Full plot summary below)
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The big-screen version of Hunter S. Thompson's seminal psychedelic classic about his road trip across Western America as he and his large Samoan lawyer searched desperately for the "American dream"... they were helped in large part by the huge amount of drugs and alcohol kept in their convertible, The Red Shark.
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| ToxicUniverse.comJeremiah KippFellini's movies work on this level, reveling in their carnival atmosphere while at the same time critiquing them. |
| Salon.comCintra WilsonIt is as deeply satisfying as only the yowling, primal trashing of several rental cars and hotel rooms while in the grips of a hopelessly depraved ether jag and several sheets of blotter acid can be... A cinematic masterpiece. |
| eFilmCritic.comRob GonsalvesYears from now, it will be reappraised as a misunderstood masterpiece. Well, this is one American critic who's not waiting until years from now. |
| Cinemaphile.orgDavid KeyesA triumph of direction over plot, imagination over treatment, and conception over realism. |
| Film ThreatRon WellsDoes for psychedelics what "Boogie Nights" does for cocaine; displaying in graphical detail the ultimate failure of drugs as an escape route. |
| Montreal Film JournalKevin N. LaforestThis is one awesome flick, often hilarious and always visually stunning. |
| Movie MetropolisChristopher LongA beautiful cinematic showcase for Thompson at the peak of his writing skills. |
| rec.arts.movies.reviewsTed PriggeOne of the most faithful film adaptations not only in terms of substance, but also style. |
| Combustible CelluloidJeffrey M. AndersonA bizarre masterpiece that invents a brilliantly skewed perspective and sustains it for a nearly impossible 117 minutes. |
| Kansas City StarEric MelinIt may start off as a lighthearted, excess-filled, party-road-trip movie, but Depp is reigned in a little towards the end as his character (a stand-in for Thompson) poetically bemoans the sad failure of the late-60s ideals and values. |