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Reviews Counted:45
Fresh:27
Rotten:18
Average Rating:5.9/10
Consensus: Despite lacking some of the book's subtler shadings, and suffering from some clumsy casting, Interview with a Vampire benefits from Neil Jordan's atmospheric direction and a surfeit of gothic thrills.
Runtime: 2 hrs 3 mins
Genre: Horror/Suspense
Synopsis: Horror author Anne Rice penned the screenplay for this full-blooded adaptation of her novel, which chronicles the life of 18th-century nobleman Louis (Brad Pitt) after he is bitten by powerful,... [More]
Starring: Tom Cruise, Brad Pitt, Kirsten Dunst, Antonio Banderas
Director: Neil Jordan
Jordan tries hard to inject some sort of Gothic sensibility into the film's early sequences, but it isn't until the third act, when the film enters the marvellously atmospheric world of the Thibtre des Vampires, that he really draws blood.
Top CriticThe major problem lies with Rice's own script, which is dramatically repetitive and philosophically banal.
Top CriticHolds plenty of interest, even for those who find Anne Rice's gothic cult novels unreadable.
Top CriticWhat everyone missed, while hanging on to Tom's every "mon Dieu," was Jordan's ability to turn a novel with a flaccid film premise into something worth watching.
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Whatever one's preconceived notions might have been about Cruise as Lestat, he is very powerful in the role and literally takes charge every time he's on the screen.
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It's about seduction, and either you succumb to its inky entrapments or you resist. When its mojo was working, I was happy to be had.
Anne Rice was right the first time around when she criticized Tom Cruise's casting in public, and Brad Pitt is not great either but like every Jordan's film, this problematic adaptation has some merits such as child actress Dunst and some arresting images
A fabulous adaptation of the Anne Rice novel and one of the best modern vampire films. In a genre dominated by trash, this is a rare gem.
A night stalker yearns to maintain his human emotions of love, grief and guilt.
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When Interview with the Vampire works, it's as compelling and engrossing a piece of entertainment as is available on film today. When it falters, the weaknesses seem magnified.
Not what it could have been, but memorably moody
Interview with the Vampire promises a constantly surprising vampire story, and it keeps that promise.
Top CriticGiven that this is basically a Reader's Digest condensed version, the movie does a pretty good sweep job.
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Good Neil Jordan film. Could have been better with a different lead
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