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Bound
Gramercy Pictures
FILM:
MPAA 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.
| GENRE(S): |
Crime
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Romance
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Suspense/Thriller
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| WRITTEN BY: |
Andy Wachowski
Larry Wachowski
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| DIRECTED BY: |
Andy Wachowski
Larry Wachowski
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| RELEASE DATE: |
DVD: June 19, 2001
Video: October 17, 1997
Theatrical: October 4, 1996
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| RUNNING TIME: |
108 minutes, Color |
| ORIGIN: |
USA |
Outstanding Film, 1997 GLAAD Media Awards
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100
San Francisco Chronicle
Mick LaSalle
It's a complex, satisfying piece of entertainment, a succession of unexpected, outrageous scenes.
100
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.
90
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.
88
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.
88
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.
88
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]
83
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").
80
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.
80
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.
75
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.
70
Washington Post
Rita Kempley
Bound, a diabolically clever caper, isn't nearly so deep as the genre it kids.
70
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.
70
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.
67
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.
50
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.
50
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.
25
Christian Science Monitor
David Sterritt
Larry and Andy Wachowski directed this lurid, sexually explicit thriller.
10
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.
10
Variety
Todd McCarthy
Debuting writer-directors Larry and Andy Wachowski come off like Coen brothers wannabes with no sense of humor.
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