One of Gus Van Sant's most personal visions.
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07/03/08
My Own Private Idaho (1992)
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Reviews Counted:32
Fresh:27
Rotten:5
Average Rating:7.1/10
Consensus: A tantalizing glimpse of a talented director and his stars all at the top of their respective games, Gus Van Sant's loose reworking of Henry IV is smart, sad and audacious.
Runtime: 1 hr 45 mins
Genre: Dramas
Synopsis: Semi-documentary footage of Seattle street hustling mixes with highly theatrical Shakespearean speech in this very loose adaptation of "Henry IV." In Seattle, Mike, a male prostitute and... [More]
Starring: River Phoenix, Keanu Reeves, William S. Burroughs, James Russo
Director: Gus Van Sant
Reviews for My Own Private Idaho
Top CriticThe film's uniqueness lies in its remarkable emotional open-heartedness.
02/09/06
Top Criticprovocative and engaging
09/19/04
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10/18/08
One of those ambitious, over-reaching disappointments that is more interesting than some more conservative successes.
07/03/08
Top CriticNo review available.
12/11/07
One of Van Sant's best films, a richly dense, poetic evocation of friendhsip that retells Shakespeare's Henry IV in an original and intriguing way; River Phoenix gives his most riveting performance.
01/31/07
A quite stark, poetic rumination on the unyielding desire for home.
01/25/06
Gus Van Sant's best movie.
11/07/05
No review available.
10/09/05
Works as a brilliant piece of art, and entertainment.
05/13/05
No review available.
05/06/05
Homosexual road movie that espouses the family values of a Disney feature and the pop art sensibilities of a Warhol piece — with a dose of Shakespeare added for good measure.
03/18/05
a high-water mark in '90s independent film
01/10/05
No review available.
11/19/04
No review available.
06/29/04
No review available.
03/24/04
No review available.
02/10/04
Bittersweet, considering the fate of Phoenix.
01/24/04
Van Sant casts a gently hypnotic spell that is not easily forgotten.
07/30/03
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