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Movie Info
Genre(s): Comedy
Written by:
Alan Rudolph
Kurt Vonnegut Jr. (novel)
Directed by: Alan Rudolph
Release Date:
Theatrical: September 17, 1999
DVD: June 30, 2000
Running Time: 110 minutes, Color
Origin: USA
Summary
RATING: R for sexuality and some language
Starring Bruce Willis, Albert Finney, Nick Nolte, and Barbara Hershey
Based on the novel by Kurt Vonnegut, this is the story of Dwayne Hoover (Willis), the most respected business man in Midland City, who is on the verge of a nervous breakdown. When Hoover meets Kilgore Trout (Finney), a misunderstood and impoverished writer, their two worlds collide, setting forth a ripple of events that will alter both men's lives -- along with Midland City forever. (Hollywood Pictures)
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What The Critics Said
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Dallas Observer Gregory Weinkauf
An adaptation that can rightfully be called brilliant.
Read Full Review >The New York Times Stephen Holden
The movie looks and feels like a frantic, live-action psychedelic cartoon.
Read Full Review >Mr. Showbiz Michael Atkinson
Just isn't funny enough to sustain the lunacy.
Variety Derek Elley
Has some fine individual moments but fails to cohere into a grander, more substantial statement on the themes it aspires to tackle.
Read Full Review >Los Angeles Times Kevin Thomas
This starry ensemble dazzles, but the film never comes fully alive until its climactic 20 minutes, which are deeply moving.
Read Full Review >Austin Chronicle Marjorie Baumgarten
Fails in a pretty spectacular manner but, to its everlasting credit, it goes down swinging and sometimes even connecting.
Read Full Review >New York Post Jonathan Foreman
A crude, manic and embarrassingly unfunny satire that feels off from beginning to end.
Rolling Stone Peter Travers
Quite a spectacle, but the movie falls flat.
Boston Globe Jay Carr
Consumerism is running more amok than ever, but this satire of it isn't.
Read Full Review >TV Guide Maitland McDonagh
Vonnegut's brand of juvenile surrealism...doesn't age especially well...but it could hardly be worse served than to be brought to the screen with such ham-fisted literal-mindedness.
Read Full Review >Village Voice Amy Taubin
Begins on a note of total migraine-inducing hysteria, which continues unabated throughout.
Read Full Review >San Francisco Chronicle Peter Stack
It's both amazing and depressing how much talent goes to waste in the lame adaptation of Kurt Vonnegut Jr.'s 1973 absurdist novel.
Read Full Review >San Francisco Examiner Wesley Morris
This is the most-off-the-mark adaptation of a novel since Brian DePalma's what-was-that "Bonfire of the Vanities."
Entertainment Weekly Owen Gleiberman
A movie so unhinged it practically dares you not to hate it.
Read Full Review >What Our Users Said
The average user rating for this movie is 3.5 (out of 10) based on 4 User Votes
Note: User votes are NOT included in the Metascore calculation.
Mike L. gave it a 7:
I thought it had good intentions but needed work.
Tina L. gave it a 0:
It was the stupidest movie i have ever seen next to veggie tales and that movie was a mistake.
Ned D. gave it a 0:
The kind of film to make you want to gouge out your own eyes with a rusty soup spoon, just so you don't have to keep watching it. Ungodly.
