Synopsis
Blank-faced bug killer Bill Lee and his dead-eyed wife, Joan, like to get high on Bill's pest poisons while lounging with Beat poet pals. After meeting the devilish Dr. Benway, Bill gets a drug made from a centipede. Upon indulging, he accidentally kills Joan, takes orders from his typewriter-turned-cockroach, ends up in a constantly mutating Mediterranean city and learns that his hip friends have published his work -- which he doesn't remember writing.
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Cast
- Peter WellerBill Lee
- Judy DavisJoan Frost
- Ian HolmTom Frost
- Julian SandsYves Cloquet
- Roy ScheiderDr. Benway
- Monique MercureFadela
- Nicholas CampbellHank
- Michael ZelnikerMartin
- Robert A. SilvermanHans
- Joseph ScorenKiki
- 90
Variety
Stretching himself with each new work, David Cronenberg has come up with a fascinating, demanding, mordantly funny picture. - 80
Chicago Reader
This David Cronenberg masterpiece (1991) breaks every rule in adapting a literary classic - maybe On Naked Lunch would be a more accurate title - but justifies every transgression with its artistry and audacity. - 80
Washington Post
There's a synergistic overlap here between Cronenberg's own particular brand of weirdness and Burroughs's; they're both twisted in ways that complement each other nicely. - 78
Austin Chronicle
Ultimately, Naked Lunch is more about the act of writing, while the original is concerned with the phenomenon of addiction. Each does what it does well… but differently. - 75
TV Guide Magazine
A treat for Cronenberg fans, though this could hardly be called a gripping, or emotionally involving, story; you're more likely to need a can of bug spray than a hanky. - 70
The New York Times
For the most part this is a coolly riveting film and even a darkly entertaining one, at least for audiences with steel nerves, a predisposition toward Mr. Burroughs and a willingness to meet Mr. Cronenberg halfway. - 63
Chicago Sun-Times
While I admired it in an abstract way, I felt repelled by the material on a visceral level. - 60
Empire
Cronenberg's attempt to meld his style with an established writer didnít exactly pan out.
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