Mulholland Dr.

Name: Mulholland Dr.
Genre: Drama, Mystery, Thriller, Romance
Released: October 12, 2001
Duration: 147 min
Rating: 86
Cast: Justin Theroux, Laura Harring, Naomi Watts

2001

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Universal Pictures | Release Date: October 12, 2001 | R

Starring: Justin Theroux, Laura Harring, Naomi Watts

Summary: In this complex tale of suspense, set in the unreal universe of Los Angeles, writer/director David Lynch explores the city's schizophrenic nature, an uneasy blend of innocence and corruption, love and loneliness, beauty and depravity. [Universal Focus]

Director: David Lynch

Genre(s): Drama, Mystery, Thriller, Romance

Rating: R

Runtime: 147 min

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Manohla Dargis

Not just everything you want in a David Lynch movie, but damn near everything else you want in ANY movie. Read full review

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Todd McCarthy

A genuinely ominous and suspenseful thriller. Read full review

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Kevin Harley

Alluring and unnerving, Lynch’s horror-show reminds us how much cinema misses him. Watts is electric, too. Read full review

J. Hoberman

Thrilling and ludicrous. The movie feels entirely instinctual. The rest is silencio. Read full review

TV Guide Magazine Ken Fox

An intriguingly mysterious, self-reflexive ode to the dream factory, it's one of Lynch's most satisfying films. Read full review

Edward Guthmann

Exhilarating not only for its dreamlike images and fierce, frequently reckless imagination but also for the fact that it got made (and released) at all. Read full review

Peter Rainer

Lynch needs to renew himself with an influx of the deep feeling he has for people, for outcasts, and lay off the cretins and hobgoblins and zombies for a while. Mulholland Drive is the product of David Lynch, Inc. Read full review

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akamarb

Dec 22, 2012

This was voted by the LA Films Critic as the movie of the decade, and for good reason..It is one of the very few movies in which the pieces not only add up to much more than the whole, but also supersede it with a series of (for the most part) fascinating fragments...If you are looking for aThis was voted by the LA Films Critic as the movie of the decade, and for good reason..It is one of the very few movies in which the pieces not only add up to much more than the whole, but also supersede it with a series of (for the most part) fascinating fragments...If you are looking for a linear structure and the typical hollywood garbage, where the story is neatly tied up - this is not the movie for you..The symbolism, dream structure and the overall feeling in this movie is incredible -

For those of you who didnt "get" the movie - you can go on the internet and actually find out that about 95% of the movie can be easily explained..But if you think this movie is bad - you know ZERO about movies - and you are better off watching $hit like Inception..or any quinten tarentino movie David Lynch is amazing and so is this movie...I am so glad there are still true artists out there working today..I have personally not seen a better movie since watching this in 2001..Movie of the decade and one of the best movies ever made - touches parts of your soul and goes places where you never thought possible..You will not understand it the first time, and might not fully comprehend it on future viewings..leave logic at the door..open up your heart and soul and this movie will amaze you 10+++… Expand

13 of 23 users found this helpful1310

bobmeier

May 23, 2016

In the last 20 years, this would be my favorite film. There is something about this that is unforgettable. I can't really describe what it is about this film that continues to fascinate and please me. But it does and if you haven't seen it, please do. And if you don't like it, please don'tIn the last 20 years, this would be my favorite film. There is something about this that is unforgettable. I can't really describe what it is about this film that continues to fascinate and please me. But it does and if you haven't seen it, please do. And if you don't like it, please don't talk to me about cinema. We're not on the same page.… Expand

2 of 7 users found this helpful25

eva3si0n

Nov 26, 2019

I love David Lynch's work, and Mulholland Dr is also a very unusual film. He makes you smell the film as a kind of experience that every viewer experiences in his own way. In Mulholland Dr, the plot makes you follow the slightest details and completely flips the course of the audience'sI love David Lynch's work, and Mulholland Dr is also a very unusual film. He makes you smell the film as a kind of experience that every viewer experiences in his own way. In Mulholland Dr, the plot makes you follow the slightest details and completely flips the course of the audience's thoughts with its last 20-30 minutes. One of the best films of the 21st century.… Expand

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qamaster

Jan 15, 2017

the best film of all time. the quintessence of the cinematic art. a masterpiece in every respect: the script, directing, the actors play, music. It is a pity that the film did not get enough Oscars. It's a pity that metacritic do not have a score of more than ten, because I would gave forthe best film of all time. the quintessence of the cinematic art. a masterpiece in every respect: the script, directing, the actors play, music. It is a pity that the film did not get enough Oscars. It's a pity that metacritic do not have a score of more than ten, because I would gave for this movie 12… Expand

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Dragoonale

Oct 15, 2018

Mulholland Drive manages to hit all the right vibes when it comes to a surreal story with an eerie setting. From the moment the film begins, you can tell that all is not as it seems.

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VinceRocks123

Jun 24, 2015

If you thought anything can be so difficult to understand than Lost Highway, try David Lynch's most bizarre masterpiece up to date, Mulholland Drive.

When I first saw this movie, I felt confused at first but amazed by what a twist this Lynch Flick had to offer. puts the viewer in aIf you thought anything can be so difficult to understand than Lost Highway, try David Lynch's most bizarre masterpiece up to date, Mulholland Drive.

When I first saw this movie, I felt confused at first but amazed by what a twist this Lynch Flick had to offer.
puts the viewer in a mystery unlike anything they have seen. but even though it has Lynch's seal of weirdness and bizzarity nothing can resist me to watch everything unfold and get well put into place unexpectedly, as so to understand the film.

Lynch crafts together a requiem of a darker part of Hollywood, in a surreal styled portrait thats more of a homage to Alfred Hitchcock, Billy Wilder, and Rod Serling, a twilight zone styled Hollywood with a dark underbelly of greedy and ambitious movie making business men, an amnesiac who goes by the name of "Rita" (Laura Harring), a rising wannabe actress with a dream where she has nothing to lose (Naomi Watts), a mysterious cowboy who seems to be in control over everything, a creepy deformed human in the alleyway with a secret, collide together to reveal a haunting mystery that tends to question the unexplainable weirdness that you won't be prepared to understand.... yet.

Hard to recommend, since I don't know anyone who would give Lynch a chance but I have to say this is one of the greatest and most recent neo-noir I have seen and must admit better than Blue Velvet, its like no other mystery That you will have to see twice… Expand

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Feb 19, 2008

This is the worst movie I've ever seen bar none. There is no plot; the film jumps all over, making absolutely no sense whatsoever. It's like watching what might go on inside your head while you're on an acid trip. Mulholland Drive, you owe me 2.5 hours of my life back!

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