Bonnie and Clyde (1967)
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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... [More]
Starring: Warren Beatty, Faye Dunaway, Estelle Parsons, Gene Hackman
Director: Arthur Penn
Reviews for Bonnie and Clyde
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 5/5 |
Funny and violent, knowing and chilling, this is the template that no lovers-on-the-lam movies has ever bettered. Full Review |
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5/5 |
Proof that the 1960s ended with a bang. For many, the film of the decade. Full Review |
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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 |
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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 |
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Considered New Hollywood's moment of arrival, tipping square critic Bosley Crowther into retirement (The New York Times, they were a-changin'). Full Review |
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Like Bonnie and Clyde themselves, the film rides off in all directions and ends up full of holes. Full Review |
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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 |
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8/10 |
Those returning to Bonnie and Clyde with this well-deserved special edition could well be shocked by how, well, shocking it is. Full Review |
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3/4 |
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 |
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4/4 |
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 |
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4/4 |
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 |
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5/5 |
Modern crime classic directed by Arthur Penn w/Beatty, Dunaway
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8/10 |
...whizzes by in a compact 111 minutes, while carrying an image of people and places that is hard to forget. Full Review |
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92/100 |
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 |
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A |
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 |
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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 |
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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 |
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4/5 |
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4/4 |
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 |
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4/5 |
Dated in some ways, still shocking and powerful in others.
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