Online Film Critics Society
Home     About OFCS     Member Profiles     Schedule     Forum     Awards     OFCS Blog
    O.F.C.S. Members: Sign In    

O.F.C.S. Members

Movie Overview
Cast
• Johnny Depp
• Benicio Del Toro
• Christina Ricci
Director
• Terry Gilliam
MPAA Rating
R - language and slight nudity
Fear and Loathing in Las Vegas (1998)

REVIEWS
NEWS
INTERVIEWS
OTHER
OFCS Rating: 47% Rotten
Page  
 

C-
"About as enjoyable as a bad trip."  Ozus' World Movie Reviews  Dennis Schwartz

5/5
"Fellini's movies work on this level, reveling in their carnival atmosphere while at the same time critiquing them."  ToxicUniverse.com  Jeremiah Kipp

"More headache than head trip."  TheMovieReport.com  Michael Dequina

5/5
"Years from now, it will be reappraised as a misunderstood masterpiece. Well, this is one American critic who's not waiting until years from now."  eFilmCritic.com  Rob Gonsalves

"Fear and Loathing in Las Vegas is impeded by both familiarity with its source and esteem for its director. However, the Criterion DVD has a tremendous asset in the collaboration of Hunter Thompson, who appears repeatedly in the disc's supplements."  Not Coming to a Theater Near You  Rumsey Taylor

61/100
"If Gilliam was intending to create a film that would disgust, disorient and eventually irritate, then this one’s a bona-fide masterpiece – but don’t expect me to sit through it ever again."  Apollo Guide  Scott Weinberg

"It is Gilliam fastening his lance to a Chevrolet convertible and charging at the windmills with his foot to the floor"  rec.arts.movies.reviews  Shane Burridge

"This is the best acid-inspired movie since Roger Corman's The Trip - and it is a darn sight more accurate in its depiction [of] the highs and the lows, the terrible confusion alternating with lucidity, the excitement that gives way to paranoia."  ESplatter  Steve Biodrowski

"I was terrified by the constant peril Dr. Gonzo and Thompson put themselves in, and yet drawn to it, like an accident scene."  Cinerina  Karina Montgomery

2/5
Read review  Filmcritic.com  Christopher Null

27/100
Read review  Apollo Guide  Dan Jardine

4/4
Read review  Cinemaphile.org  David Keyes

2/10
Read review  rec.arts.movies.reviews  Dragan Antulov

2/4
Read review  ReelViews  James Berardinelli

1.5/4
Read review  Q Network Film Desk  James Kendrick

6/10
Read review  Flick Filosopher  MaryAnn Johanson

Read review  Film Blather  Eugene Novikov

Read review  Montreal Film Journal  Kevin N. Laforest

Read review  Reeling Reviews  Robin Clifford
OFCS Rating: 47% Rotten
Page  
 


Reviews database provided by Rotten Tomatoes and the Movie Review Query Engine

powered by ROTTEN TOMATOES
All articles and reviews on this website © the respective authors.
All other content © The Online Film Critics Society (0.09)