Variety
It's hard to imagine any segment of the public embracing this off-putting, unrewarding slog through the depths of the drug culture.
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Fear and Loathing in Las Vegas
Johnny Depp and Benicio Del Toro lead a three-day drug-fuelled rampage through Vegas in Terry Gilliam’s love-it-or-hate-it comedy. No matter how you view the film, you can’t accuse it of not being a faithful adaptation of Hunter S. Thompson’s novel.
1998Rating: R18119 minsUSA
AdventureComedyFantasy
- Director:
- Terry Gilliam ('Monty Python and the Holy Grail', 'Twelve Monkeys', 'Brazil')
- Writer:
- Terry GilliamTony GrisoniTod DaviesAlex Cox
- Cast:
- Johnny DeppBenicio Del ToroTobey MaguireEllen BarkinGary Busey
Fear and Loathing in Las Vegas / Reviews
The Washington Post
The strongest magnet in this psychedelic morass is Johnny Depp who, as the story's antic, disgusting and seductive spirit guide, is impossible to look away from.
Full reviewRoger Ebert
A horrible mess of a movie, without shape, trajectory or purpose--a one joke movie, if it had one joke.
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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.
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