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- 1994
- R
- Warner Bros.
- 2 h 22 m
- 1994
- R
- Warner Bros.
- 2 h 22 m
Summary A young New Yorker goes to Arizona where he finds freedom to both love and dream.
Directed By: Emir Kusturica
Written By: David Atkins, Emir Kusturica
- 1994
- R
- Warner Bros.
- 2 h 22 m
- 1994
- R
- Warner Bros.
- 2 h 22 m
Arizona Dream
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7.2
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Summary A young New Yorker goes to Arizona where he finds freedom to both love and dream.
Directed By: Emir Kusturica
Written By: David Atkins, Emir Kusturica
Where to Watch
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Metascore
Generally Favorable
Based on 17 Critic Reviews
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59% Positive
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35% Mixed
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6% Negative
1 Review
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Metascore
Generally Favorable
Based on 17 Critic Reviews
62
59% Positive
10 Reviews
10 Reviews
35% Mixed
6 Reviews
6 Reviews
6% Negative
1 Review
1 Review
Lewis is only slightly awful, and he and Depp have a nice rapport; Dunaway gives a particularly juicy performance; and Taylor is simply amazing, seemingly able to transform herself physically for every role she plays.
The movie's humor is engaging but odd. The script is pretentious but sweet.
And the symbolic use of the flying machine-which pulls you back to "Brewster
McCloud"-doesn't work very well. But a flawed film like "Arizona Dream," with
its wistfulness and pain, is still twice as interesting as most of the
bloated, slick, empty successes that tend to get released here, films that
look as if they were dreamed up by used-car salesmen in a desert. [6 Jan 1995, p.L]
It is goofier than hell - you can't stop watching because nobody in the audience, and possibly nobody on the screen, has any idea what's going to happen next.
Arizona Dream is enjoyably adrift, a wildly off-the-wall reverie. It's more than a fish out of water.
It's one of the year's most unforgettable exercises in pointlessness. [16 Sept 1994, p.62]
Depp, who has never looked so angelic, is covering familiar ground here, playing another Gilbert Grape type who's involved with an older woman. [9 Sept 1994, p.H34]
HAT in the name of artsy pretension do we have here? That Arizona Dream
is a nightmare is beyond dispute - it's the sort of murky, symbol-laden
trap that European directors often fall into when they cross the pond to
take on the entire social stratum of the United States. The culprit in
question is Emir Kusturica - Yugoslavian born, Czech trained, and now
American buffaloed. This thing makes The Red Desert look coherent. [19 Nov 1994]
User Score
Generally Favorable
Based on 6 User Ratings
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User Score
Generally Favorable
Based on 6 User Ratings
7.2
83% Positive
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Production Company
Canal+,
Centre national du cinéma et de l'image animée (CNC),
Constellation,
Hachette Première,
Ministère de la Culture et de la Communication,
Union Générale Cinématographique (UGC)
Release Date Sep 9, 1994
Duration 2 h 22 m
Rating R
Tagline A rebellious young man. With his own vision of the future. And his own fantasy of love.
Awards
Berlin International Film Festival
• 1 Win & 2 Nominations
International Cinematographers' Film Festival Manaki Brothers
• 1 Win & 1 Nomination
Warsaw International Film Festival
• 1 Win & 1 Nomination
