Bound

Name: Bound
Genre: Drama, Thriller, Crime
Released: October 4, 1996
Duration: 108 min
Rating: 61
Cast: Gina Gershon, Jennifer Tilly

1996

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Generally favorable reviews based on 19 Critics

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BOUND

Movie Details & Credits

Gramercy Pictures (I) | Release Date: October 4, 1996

Starring: Gina Gershon, Jennifer Tilly

Summary: A provocative and passionate thriller from the creators of the Matrix series.

Director: Andy Wachowski and Lana Wachowski

Genre(s): Drama, Thriller, Crime

Rating: R

Runtime: 108 min

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52	#52 Best Movie of 1996
51	#51 Most Discussed Movie of 1996
80	#80 Most Shared Movie of 1996

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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. Read full review

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. Read full review

TV Guide Magazine - 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. Read full review

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. Read full review

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. Read full review

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. Read full review

Variety - Todd McCarthy

Debuting writer-directors Larry and Andy Wachowski come off like Coen brothers wannabes with no sense of humor. Read full review

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timone

Jun 24, 2017

Bound. Bound is one of the greatest thrillers ever made. It did really well but not in the box office. I could watch this film a million times and never get tired of it.

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beingryanjude

Aug 27, 2014

Overtly provocative and passionate, Bound is an entertaining stand-out to the Wachowski's long career ahead of them. So stylish and thrilling. Oh and Jennifer Tilly gives it the remaining zest we craved for.

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M.K.Davalt

Dec 30, 2005

Very good film. Plenty of tension, in both plot and relationships. The camerawork is sometimes distracting, but overall, fun to watch. The two women who star make us care about them, and the success of their enterprise.

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