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Bonnie and Clyde
Metascore
81 out of 100

Universal acclaim - based on 8 Critics

Critic score distribution:
  1. Positive: 5 out of 8
  2. Mixed: 3 out of 8
  3. Negative: 0 out of 8
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  1. Chicago Sun-Times
    Reviewed by: Roger Ebert
    100
    Bonnie and Clyde is a milestone in the history of American movies, a work of truth and brilliance. It is also pitilessly cruel, filled with sympathy, nauseating, funny, heartbreaking, and astonishingly beautiful.
  2. ReelViews
    Reviewed by: James Berardinelli
    100
    There is something special about the production, with its brash, vivid style, indelible performances by movie icons, and bold mixture of violence and comedy, romance and tragedy.
  3. Austin Chronicle
    Reviewed by: Marjorie Baumgarten
    100
    So definitive in so many ways, Bonnie and Clyde has become a 20th-century touchstone.
  4. TV Guide
    Reviewed by: Staff (Not credited)
    90
    Landmark gangster film that made a huge commercial and cultural splash.
  5. Chicago Reader
    Reviewed by: Dave Kehr
    90
    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.
  6. Variety
    Reviewed by: Staff (Not credited)
    60
    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.
  7. Entertainment Weekly
    Reviewed by: Staff (Not credited)
    58
    Penn's film oozes an intellectual's fashionable contempt for the characters.
  8. The New York Times
    Reviewed by: Bosley Crowther
    40
    It is a cheap piece of bald-faced slapstick comedy that treats the hideous depredations of that sleazy, moronic pair as though they were as full of fun and frolic as the jazz-age cutups in "Thoroughly Modern Millie."
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User Score
8.5 out of 10

Universal acclaim- based on 10 Ratings

User score distribution:
  1. Positive: 4 out of 4
  2. Mixed: 0 out of 4
  3. Negative: 0 out of 4
  1. RegOz
    8
    I still love it now as much as i have loved it before. It is pretty unique in its genre. I can't wait to watch it again so I will be renting it tomorrow. If you haven't seen it, do yourself a favour...go and watch it...I am sure you are going to enjoy it!… Full Review »
  2. CritiqueGirl
    8
    Really violent but a good movie. I have to say I really thought the end was done well. You know, the part where they finally catch up with Bonnie and Clyde.… Full Review »
  3. ERG1008
    6
    Man tries to steal car, woman catches him, flirt, do a robbery, do some more, become infamous, Uncle Jesse comes after them. I believe this was quite controversial at the time due to the violence although it doesn't seem too bad now (The ending however is still brutal). Faye Dunaway is sexier than sexy & Gene Hackman as convincing as ever. I did sympathise with Bonnie in that I found Blanche annoying as hell. Also the cinematography ranges from very good to awful.… Full Review »
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