RottenTomatoes.com
Log In | Register | What is RT?
Check out the new RT Community
  • Home
  • Movies
  • DVD
  • Celebrities
  • News
  • Critics
  • Trailers & Pictures
  • CommunityBeta
  • Box Office
  • | Best Of
  • | Certified Fresh
  • | Showtimes
RT Search Powered by Google
help icon Enhanced RT
searches on Google
Click here to turn on enhanced search results from RT on your Google searches.
 
Movies / On DVD / Bonnie and Clyde
Bonnie and Clyde

Rate this Movie Help Icon

  • Write a Review
  • Read Reviews
  • Add to List
  • Buy Poster External Icon
Bookmark and Share

Bonnie and Clyde (1967)

  • T-Meter Critics
  • Top Critics
  • RT Community
  • My Critics
  • My Friends
  • DVD
91 %
Tomatometer
Template ImageTemplate Image

How does the Tomatometer work Help Icon

Reviews Counted:45

Fresh:41

Rotten:4

Average Rating:8.2/10

Runtime: 1 hr 54 mins

Genre: Dramas

Synopsis: Based on the true-life exploits of notorious Depression-era bank robbers Bonnie Parker and Clyde Barrow, BONNIE AND CLYDE is recognized as one of the most violent films to come out of mainstream... Based on the true-life exploits of notorious Depression-era bank robbers Bonnie Parker and Clyde Barrow, BONNIE AND CLYDE is recognized as one of the most violent films to come out of mainstream Hollywood. Bonnie (Faye Dunaway) is bored with life and wants a change. She gets her chance when she meets a charming young drifter by the name of Clyde Barrow (Warren Beatty). Clyde has dreams of a life of crime that will free him from the hardships of the Depression. The two fall in love and begin a crime spree that extends from Oklahoma to Texas. They rob small banks with skill and panache, soon becoming minor celebrities known across the country. People are proud to have been held up by Bonnie and Clyde; to their victims, the duo is doing what nobody else has the guts to do. To the law, the two are evil bank robbers who deserve to be gunned down where they stand. Beatty and Dunaway are marvelous as the young criminal lovers, delivering subtle and complete performances. Also excellent are Gene Hackman as Clyde's brother, Buck; Estelle Parsons as Buck's wife, Blanche; and the always enjoyable Michael J. Pollard as C.W. Moss. The film has made a large impact on American culture, expressing the mood of rebellion rampant in the late 1960s and beyond. [More]

Starring: Warren Beatty, Faye Dunaway, Estelle Parsons, Gene Hackman

Starring: Warren Beatty, Faye Dunaway, Estelle Parsons, Gene Hackman, Michael J. Pollard, Gene Wilder, Denver Pyle, Dub Taylor, Evan Evans, James Stiver, Clyde Howdy, Garry Goodgion, Ken Mayer

Director: Arthur Penn

Director: Arthur Penn
Screenwriter: Robert Benton, David Newman
Producer: Warren Beatty
Composer: Charles Strouse

[See More Credits]

Reviews for Bonnie and Clyde

  • T-Meter Critics
  • Top Critics
  • RT Community
  • My Critics
  • My Friends
  • DVD
 
 
1 - 20 (sorted by date; UK critics are listed first)
Text View | 1 2 3 >> >|
Arrange By:Fresh | Rotten | Comments | Name | Source | Date
 
 

Funny and violent, knowing and chilling, this is the template that no lovers-on-the-lam movies has ever bettered.

Full Review Source: Empire Magazine | comment Comment
03/17/08
Jessica Mellor
Jessica Mellor
Empire Magazine
Top Critic Icon Top Critic

Proof that the 1960s ended with a bang. For many, the film of the decade.

Full Review Source: Channel 4 Film | comment Comment
03/17/08
Channel 4 Film
Top Critic Icon Top Critic

With its weird landscape of dusty, derelict towns and verdant highways, stunningly shot by Burnett Guffey in muted tones of green and gold, it has the true quality of folk legend.

Full Review Source: Time Out | comment Comment
02/09/06
Time Out
Top Critic Icon Top Critic

The question is whether it adds up to anything truthful, or evokes disquiet by crudely trying to con us into emotional reactions that do not make much sense.

Full Review Source: UK Critic | comment 1 Comment
03/12/03
Ian Waldron-Mantgani
Ian Waldron-Mantgani
UK Critic

Considered New Hollywood's moment of arrival, tipping square critic Bosley Crowther into retirement (The New York Times, they were a-changin').

Full Review Source: Village Voice | comment Comment
11/12/08
Nick Pinkerton
Nick Pinkerton
Village Voice

Like Bonnie and Clyde themselves, the film rides off in all directions and ends up full of holes.

Full Review Source: TIME Magazine | comment 1 Comment
08/22/08
TIME Magazine
Top Critic Icon Top Critic

Faye Dunaway and Warren Beatty deliver pitch perfect performances as Bonnie and Clyde, with characterisations that are layered and engaging. Beatty's bravado is infectious, and Dunaway's abandon is life affirming - if doomed.

Full Review Source: Urban Cinefile | comment Comment
08/14/08
Andrew L. Urban
Andrew L. Urban
Urban Cinefile

Those returning to Bonnie and Clyde with this well-deserved special edition could well be shocked by how, well, shocking it is.

Full Review Source: PopMatters | comment Comment
05/01/08
Chris Barsanti
Chris Barsanti
PopMatters

Stylistically, Arthur Penn's crime epic doesn't do anything that hadn't already been seen in any number of runty, skuzzy teen epics, all of which firmly established the paragons of good (i.e. "The Law") as being the new antagonists.

Full Review Source: Slant Magazine | comment Comment
03/31/08
Eric Henderson
Eric Henderson
Slant Magazine

A bona fide landmark in American film, Bonnie and Clyde stands the test of time the same way its protagonists did: by breaking all the rules. [Blu-Ray]

Full Review Source: Groucho Reviews | comment Comment
03/28/08
Peter Canavese
Peter Canavese
Groucho Reviews

In spite of the technological advances of film in the modern age, the blood soaked finale remains one of the most extraordinarily shot closers ever filmed...

Full Review Source: Cinema Crazed | comment Comment
03/25/08
Felix Vasquez Jr.
Felix Vasquez Jr.
Cinema Crazed

Modern crime classic directed by Arthur Penn w/Beatty, Dunaway

comment Comment
03/22/08
Steve Crum
Steve Crum
Video-Reviewmaster.com

...whizzes by in a compact 111 minutes, while carrying an image of people and places that is hard to forget.

Full Review Source: DVDTown.com | comment Comment
03/14/08
John J. Puccio
John J. Puccio
DVDTown.com

Beatty's slo-mo rolling across the gravel, a muzzle flashing in his hand, is more real to us than Clyde slumped behind the wheel, dead before he realized he was ambushed

Full Review Source: Arkansas Democrat-Gazette | comment 1 Comment
02/15/08
Philip Martin
Philip Martin
Arkansas Democrat-Gazette

Arguably the most influential film of the late 60s, Arthur Penn's innovative crime saga forever changed the course of American cinema, particularly in the controversial areas of sex and violence and the link between them.

Full Review Source: EmanuelLevy.Com | comment Comment
02/01/08
Emanuel Levy
Emanuel Levy
EmanuelLevy.Com

It's by far the least controlled of Penn's films... but the pieces work wonderfully well, propelled by what was then a very original acting style.

Full Review Source: Chicago Reader | comment Comment
07/02/07
Dave Kehr
Dave Kehr
Chicago Reader

This inconsistency of direction is the most obvious fault of Bonnie and Clyde, which has some good ingredients, although they are not meshed together well.

Full Review Source: Variety | comment 1 Comment
07/02/07
Dave Kaufman
Dave Kaufman
Variety
Top Critic Icon Top Critic

No review available.

comment Comment
10/22/06
Cole Smithey
Cole Smithey
ColeSmithey.com

Freed from the production code that drove most of the old Warner Brothers gangster films of the 1930s and 40s, Arthur Penn gave Bonnie and Clyde a new kind of thrilling glee.

Full Review Source: Combustible Celluloid | comment Comment
05/26/06
Jeffrey M. Anderson
Jeffrey M. Anderson
Combustible Celluloid

Dated in some ways, still shocking and powerful in others.

comment Comment
05/12/06
Rob Thomas
Rob Thomas
Capital Times (Madison, WI)
 
 
1 - 20 (sorted by date; UK critics are listed first)
Text View | 1 2 3 >> >|
all

Latest News for Bonnie and Clyde

January 11, 2009: Hilary Duff Tells The Story of Bonnie and Clyde Opens in new window
According to the latest issue of Production Weekly, Hilary Duff is getting ready to film a new movie based on the story of Bonnie and Clyde. More...

August 27, 2008: Certified Fresh Picks from the WB Vault
It's the third-oldest American movie studio: the company that brought us Rin Tin Tin, convinced the world that the talkies were here to stay, and eventually grew into one of the... More...

March 24, 2008: RT on DVD: Kite Runner, Stephen King's The Mist Enter Your Homes!
Ample scares abound this week with Frank Darabont's latest adaptation of a Stephen King tome, The Mist, the bestseller adaptation The Kite Runner, the black romantic comedy... More...

June 22, 2007: AFI Announces Top 100 Movies of All Time ... Again
Ten years ago the AFI gave us a list of the Top 100 American Films Ever Made -- and when that was done they churned out 15 other lists every few years. And then last night they... More...

See All

More DVDs

Top Rentals
Tomatometer Percentage Movie
45% 45% Ice Age: Dawn of the D…
19% 19% Transformers: Revenge …
55% 55% Orphan
43% 43% The Proposal
26% 26% Land of the Lost

More Rentals…

New On DVD This Week
Tomatometer Percentage Movie
98% 98% Up
88% 88% Ballast
67% 67% The Merry Gentleman

More New Releases…

What’s Hot On RT

Prince of Persia

Prince of Persia

Your first look at the swashbuckler.

Vampires

Vampires

We rank cinema's bloodsuckers.

Avatar

Avatar

The full trailer for Cameron's epic.

2012

2012

12 facts about Emmerich's disaster flick.

Other News

  • Top Stories
  • Popular
  • Interviews
 
 

Comments

 
 
Top Stories
Headlines Comments
  
  • Can Avatar Make Money? Source: New York Times
13
  • Robert Pattinson Says Breaking Dawn Could Roll in Fall 2010 Source: Collider.com
4
  • Joe Johnston Talks The Wolfman Source: Ain't It Cool News
1
  • Jason Schwartzman Talks Scott Pilgrim Source: Collider.com
0
  • Weekly Ketchup: Abrams eyes Micronauts, Aykroyd as Yogi Bear
87
  • J.J. Abrams Producing Micronauts Movie? Source: Wall Street Journal
11
  • Peter Murphy Filming Twilight Saga: Eclipse Cameo Source: MTV
18
  • David Goyer Promises "Existential" Ghost Rider Sequel Source: MTV
164
  • Emmerich Plans 2012: The TV Series Source: Entertainment Weekly
21
  • John Hurt Talks Harry Potter, Quentin Crisp and Alien - The RT Interview
42
Popular
Headlines Comments
  
  • Total Recall: George Clooney's Best Movies
91
  • Critics Consensus: A Christmas Carol Dazzles But Disappoints
43
  • Ho-ho-horror! 10 Scary Christmas Movies
36
  • Weekly Ketchup: Abrams eyes Micronauts, Aykroyd as Yogi Bear
29
  • Friday Harvest: Prince of Persia, The Road, and more!
24
  • Box Office Guru Wrapup: Christmas Carol Tops, Precious Rocks
23
  • John Hurt Talks Harry Potter, Quentin Crisp and Alien - The RT Interview
14
  • New Moon Fan in the UK? Meet the Cast!
4
Interviews
Headlines Comments
  
  • John Hurt Talks Harry Potter, Quentin Crisp and Alien - The RT Interview
14
  • Terry Gilliam Talks Doctor Parnassus
15
  • Wes Anderson Talks Fantastic Mr. Fox - RT Interview
8
  • Wolverine Creator Len Wein Talks About the Film
28
  • Gavin Hood Talks Wolverine; Possible Sequel
28
  • Duncan Jones talks Moon, Sam Rockwell, and Mute
14
  • Emma Stone talks Zombieland - RT Interview
40
  • Michael Moore: The RT Interview
139
  • Andrea Arnold talks Fish Tank - RT Interview
4
  • Neill Blomkamp talks District 9 - RT Interview
51
 
 

Sponsored Links

Around The Network

  • Bonnie and Clyde at Rotten Tomatoes
  • Bonnie and Clyde at IGN

Fresh Links

Featured
RT on YouTube
RT on YouTube External Link

Subscribe to RT's YouTube channel and don't miss a second of our cracking video content.

RT on Twitter
RT on Twitter External Link

Follow Rotten Tomatoes and join us as we tweet about the week's releases.

 
 
About| Site Map| Help| RT To Go| Contact Us| Critics Submission| Linking to RT| Licensing| Movie List| Celebs List| Newsletter
IGN Logo

IGN.com | GameSpy | Comrade | Arena | FilePlanet | GameSpy Technology
TeamXbox | Planets | Vaults | VE3D | CheatsCodesGuides | GameStats | GamerMetrics
AskMen.com | Rotten Tomatoes | Direct2Drive | Green Pixels


By continuing past this page, and by the continued use of this site, you agree to be bound by and abide by the User Agreement.
Copyright 1998-2009, IGN Entertainment, Inc. About IGN | Support | Advertise | Privacy Policy | User Agreement | Subscribe to RT's XML feed! IGN RSS Feeds
IGN's enterprise databases running Oracle, SQL and MySQL are professionally monitored and managed by Pythian Remote DBA
Certain product data ©1995-present Muze, Inc. For personal use only. All rights reserved.