
Variety
It's hard to imagine any segment of the public embracing this off-putting, unrewarding slog through the depths of the drug culture.
Full reviewJohnny 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.
It's hard to imagine any segment of the public embracing this off-putting, unrewarding slog through the depths of the drug culture.
Full reviewThe 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 reviewA horrible mess of a movie, without shape, trajectory or purpose--a one joke movie, if it had one joke.
Full reviewGilliam 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.
Full reviewFear and Loathing in Las Vegas is available to stream in New Zealand now on Google Play and Apple TV and AroVision.
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