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Bound

Generally favorable reviews
Based on 19 critic reviews
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Based on 3 votes
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Movie Info
Genre(s): Crime | Romance | Suspense/Thriller
Written by:
Andy Wachowski
Larry Wachowski
Directed by:
Andy Wachowski
Larry Wachowski
Release Date:
Theatrical: October 4, 1996
DVD: June 19, 2001
Running Time: 108 minutes, Color
Origin: USA
Summary
RATING: R for strong sexuality, violence and language
Starring Jennifer Tilly, Gina Gershon, Joe Pantoliano, John P. Ryan, Christopher Meloni, Richard C. Sarafian, Mary Mara, and Susie Bright
A provocative and passionate thriller from the creators of the Matrix series.
Also On Metacritic
FILM: Speed Racer The Matrix The Matrix Reloaded The Matrix Revolutions
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What The Critics Said
All critic scores are converted to a 100-point scale. If a critic does not indicate a score, we assign a score based on the general impression given by the text of the review. Learn more...
San Francisco Chronicle Mick LaSalle
It's a complex, satisfying piece of entertainment, a succession of unexpected, outrageous scenes.
Read Full Review >Chicago Sun-Times Roger Ebert
It's pure cinema, spread over several genres. It's a caper movie, a gangster movie, a sex movie and a slapstick comedy.
Read Full Review >Dallas Observer Jimmy Fowler
The writing-directing team of brothers Larry and Andi Wachowski has chosen as its filmmaking debut a tightly constructed, stylishly (but rarely self-consciously) executed, gripping little noir parable that couldn't be more firmly grounded in American movie tradition if the filmmakers created a wacky romantic farce about mismatched paramours.
Read Full Review >ReelViews James Berardinelli
From the first scene, however, it's obvious that the writing/directing team of Andy and Larry Wachowski are aiming for something considerably higher than rudimentary titillation. And, by taking chances and twisting conventions, they have hit paydirt.
Read Full Review >TV Guide Staff(not credited)
The result is flashy -- first-time directors Larry and Andy Wachowski never miss an opportunity to show us red, red drops of blood against brilliant white -- but pretty good fun, especially if the thought of Tilly in a succession of thigh-high bandage dresses makes you sweat.
Read Full Review >USA Today Mike Clark
Some caper movies build suspense, while others tweak the genre with tongue lancing cheek. But this lesbian caper pic (how's that for a rarefied subgenre?) often pulls off both feats in the same scene, even simultaneously. [04 Oct 1996 Pg.04.D]
Entertainment Weekly Lisa Schwarzbaum
The true pleasures of Bound lie in the Wachowskis' inventive updated take on film noir traditions, sensuously realized by cinematographer Bill Pope ("Clueless").
Read Full Review >Empire Kim Newman
Lovingly designed in black and white, and played with a nice sense of irony, this offers the not unappealing spectacle of gorgeous, funny, clever women making fools of hard-boiled Mafia guys.
Read Full Review >Los Angeles Times Kevin Thomas
In short, Bound is admittedly derivative, but it's such an amusing low-down entertainment it really doesn't matter.
Read Full Review >San Francisco Examiner Barry Walters
The Wachowski brothers are to be applauded for a film that is also nearly as stylishly funny as it is sexy and fast-paced.
Read Full Review >Washington Post Rita Kempley
Bound, a diabolically clever caper, isn't nearly so deep as the genre it kids.
Read Full Review >Chicago Reader Jonathan Rosenbaum
This gets very suspenseful (as well as fairly gruesome) in spots, and if it never adds up to anything profound, it's still a welcome change to have a lesbian couple as the chief identification figures.
Read Full Review >Time Richard Schickel
The Wachowskis have the predilection for loopy camera setups common to first-time directors, but their hearts are in the right transgressive place, and their film will tide some of us over until Quentin gets...well...unbound.
Read Full Review >Austin Chronicle Marjorie Baumgarten
What's more, they toss a few original twists into a familiar generic set-up and thereby create a thoroughly entertaining and stylish thriller.
Read Full Review >The New York Times Elvis Mitchell
The film is shot by Bill Pope with such enterprising flair that it never looks claustrophobic, but the action inevitably stalls in such close quarters.
Read Full Review >Washington Post Bruce Walker
Like so many other rob-the-mob movies, the plan seems pretty far-fetched, and the ending isn't much of a surprise. But if you like your films sprinkled liberally with sex, violence and humor, then you're bound to like Bound.
Read Full Review >Christian Science Monitor David Sterritt
Larry and Andy Wachowski directed this lurid, sexually explicit thriller.
Read Full Review >LA Weekly Staff(not credited)
While the women go through a few of the motions, shifting decorously under the sheets and sucking face, there's no lust in their coupling, just choreography and the conceit of two filmmakers with nothing more on their minds than fake dykes and bloodshed.
Read Full Review >Variety Todd McCarthy
Debuting writer-directors Larry and Andy Wachowski come off like Coen brothers wannabes with no sense of humor.
Read Full Review >What Our Users Said
The average user rating for this movie is 8.6 (out of 10) based on 3 User Votes
Note: User votes are NOT included in the Metascore calculation.
M. K. Davalt gave it an8:
Very good film. Plenty of tension, in both plot and relationships. The camerawork is sometimes distracting, but overall, fun to watch. The two women who star make us care about them, and the success of their enterprise.
