Fear and Loathing in Las Vegas

4.50
    Fear and Loathing in Las Vegas
    1998

    Synopsis

    Raoul Duke and his attorney Dr. Gonzo drive a red convertible across the Mojave desert to Las Vegas with a suitcase full of drugs to cover a motorcycle race. As their consumption of drugs increases at an alarming rate, the stoned duo trash their hotel room and fear legal repercussions. Duke begins to drive back to L.A., but after an odd run-in with a cop, he returns to Sin City and continues his wild drug binge.

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    Cast

    • Johnny DeppRaoul Duke
    • Benicio del ToroDr. Gonzo
    • Tobey MaguireHitchhiker
    • Michael Lee GoginUniformed Dwarf
    • Larry CedarCar Rental Agent - Los Angeles
    • Brian Le BaronParking Attendant
    • Katherine HelmondDesk Clerk at Mint Hotel
    • Michael WarwickBell Boy
    • Craig BierkoLacerda
    • Tyde KierneyReporter

    Recommendations

    • 100

      Salon

      It 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.
    • 70

      The A.V. Club

      Gilliam captures the chaotic visions of debauchery with his trademark aplomb, bringing to life the already trippy patterns of hotel carpets and populating the dark bars of Vegas with genuinely reptilian lounge lizards.
    • 60

      The New York Times

      The closest sensory approximation of an acid trip ever achieved by a mainstream movie and the latest example of Mr. Gilliam's visual bravura.
    • 50

      Film Threat

      On this ride we follow the two characters from casino to casino and from hallucination to hallucination with no real destination.
    • 50

      The Globe and Mail (Toronto)

      The one source of relief comes from the score -- a sampling of period ditties by the likes of the Rolling Stones, Bob Dylan, Janis Joplin and Neil Young.
    • 50

      ReelViews

      There is a reason why books are books and movies are movies, and Fear and Loathing in Las Vegas makes a pretty good case that the two don't always mix.
    • 50

      San Francisco Chronicle

      Disappointing, pointless and repetitive.
    • 50

      TV Guide Magazine

      A peculiar and oddly haunting achievement.

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