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Twin Peaks: Fire Walk with Me
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28 out of 100

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7.7 out of 10

Generally favorable reviews- based on 31 Ratings

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  • Starring: Ray Wise, Sheryl Lee
  • Summary: David Lynch takes us back to the town of damned good cups of coffee and cherry pies in this film prequel to the television series where we actually meet Laura Palmer (Lee) for the first time. Brought in to investigate the mysterious death of nightshift waitress Teresa Banks, special agent Chester Desmond (Isaak) and later Special Agent Dale Cooper (MacLachlan) unravel the bizarre clues, mysterious disappearances, and strange happenings that lead to the last seven days of Laura Palmer's troubled life...and ultimately the killer. (New Line)… Expand

Critic Reviews

Score distribution:
  1. Positive: 1 out of 16
  2. Mixed: 5 out of 16
  3. Negative: 10 out of 16
  1. Rolling Stone
    Reviewed by: Peter Travers
    63
    Though the movie ups the TV ante on nudity, language and violence, Lynch's control falters. But if inspiration is lacking, talent is not.
  2. Empire
    Reviewed by: Colin Kennedy
    60
    As a movie it was never wholly successful, mainly because it was saddled with all the excesses of the second season of the TV show; but for converts, this is still unmissable.
  3. Christian Science Monitor
    Reviewed by: David Sterritt
    38
    Judged by the standards of ordinary filmmaking, it's as strange, suggestive, and surreal as other Lynch pictures have been. Judged by the standards of Lynch's own career, however, it's amazingly stale and second-hand… [and] contains not a single moment of genuinely felt emotion. [1 Sept 1992]
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Score distribution:
  1. Positive: 15 out of 20
  2. Mixed: 3 out of 20
  3. Negative: 2 out of 20
  1. sbahre
    10
    David Lynch's most heartbreaking movie. The quirky television show is deconstructed as Lynch takes us through the real life horrors that Laura Palmer went through before Agent Cooper got on the scene. The film delves into all of the dark places that the show only alluded to.… Expand
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  2. DavidN.
    10
    A powerful, moving, psychedelic movie. Do not believe the hype.
    • 0 of 0 users said yes
  3. j30
    4
    Really disappointed in this film. I felt like nothing was answered from the television series. Maybe if they had a directors cut I'd check it out. The television series of Twin Peaks, you're so engaged in Laura Palmer and the town around her, but after watching the film I could really care less. It feels really uneven, like they really didn't know where to go with it. David Lynch is an amazing director, I love the dreamy sequences and some of the melodrama in his work. However, Twin Peaks: Fire Walk with Me feels like a rough draft.… Expand
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