Synopsis
An unhappy car dealer believes that a dime-store philosopher has the answers to life's important questions.
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Cast
- Bruce WillisDwayne Hoover
- Albert FinneyKilgore Trout
- Nick NolteHarry Le Sabre
- Barbara HersheyCelia Hoover
- Glenne HeadlyFrancine Pefko
- Lukas HaasGeorge 'Bunny' Hoover
- Omar EppsWayne Hoobler
- Vicki LewisGrace Le Sabre
- Buck HenryFred T. Barry
- Ken Hudson CampbellEliot Rosewater / Gilbert
- 70
L.A. Weekly
It's great unruly fun. - 60
The New York Times
The movie looks and feels like a frantic, live-action psychedelic cartoon. - 50
Variety
Has some fine individual moments but fails to cohere into a grander, more substantial statement on the themes it aspires to tackle. - 50
Los Angeles Times
This starry ensemble dazzles, but the film never comes fully alive until its climactic 20 minutes, which are deeply moving. - 40
Rolling Stone
Quite a spectacle, but the movie falls flat. - 40
Film.com
A weirdly stillborn experience. - 38
Boston Globe
Consumerism is running more amok than ever, but this satire of it isn't. - 30
TV Guide Magazine
Vonnegut's brand of juvenile surrealism...doesn't age especially well...but it could hardly be worse served than to be brought to the screen with such ham-fisted literal-mindedness.