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Impulse

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A doctor (Tim Matheson) and his fiancee (Meg Tilly) see unspeakable behavior in her hometown, all because of bad milk.

Critics Reviews

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Kevin Carr Fat Guys at the Movies 01/22/2022
2.5/4
It's such a great idea and great concept. It's worth watching this movie as a 'what can be done today?' if they remade it. Go to Full Review
Michael Barrett PopMatters 09/11/2018
6/10
Impulse is a movie about its own disorienting mood and the loss of control. You can go home again, all right, but it's a pain. The sunny bucolic setting of this nightmare makes it all the more discomforting. Go to Full Review
Chuck O'Leary Fantastica Daily 10/27/2005
2/5
Emanuel Levy EmanuelLevy.Com 08/22/2005
3/5
Scott Weinberg eFilmCritic.com 04/03/2005
2/5
Forgettable (and seemingly forgotten) thriller about the dangers of tainted milk. Matheson and Tilly deliver fine work in a fairly lost cause. Go to Full Review
Pablo Villaça Cinema em Cena 11/03/2004
2/5
Um produto tpico dos anos 80, desperdia uma boa idia em um pssimo roteiro que tambm sofre com a presena de uma das piores atrizes que Hollywood j gerou: Meg Tilly. Go to Full Review
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06/01/2020 Solid, well acted conspiracy film with an above average cast. Considering DuPont's actions in Parkersburg, WV, and Pacific Gas & Electric's in Hinkley, anyone who says "this couldn't happen" probably said the same thing about "Dark Waters" and "Erin Brockovich". In fact, it happens far too often. Definitely worth a watch. See more 09/20/2018 Tilly and Matheson are great in it, but it's way too slow for an epidemic movie like this. A few interesting character things going on, but they're kind of glossed over and wasted. It's a decent movie, but nothing to rush out for. See more 08/28/2016 Another environmental alarmist film has toxic spill contaminating the local milk supply, causing inhabitants of a small town to act strictly on impulse. Decent premise but little buildup into the eventual revelation on the cause of the strange behaviour feels anticlimactic. See more 05/13/2012 One of those odd sci-fi films you watch late at night. See more 11/17/2011 One of those odd sci-fi films you watch late at night. See more 12/07/2010 Another movie where people go crazy because of some kind of chemical in their environment or something like that. It's not even very scary or creepy. The actors are okay, but none of them really stand out. This movie tries to be more of a drama than a horror movie, which makes it very boring at times. There are a few good scenes towards the end, but other than that, I was bored. It's not bad, it's just not good. See more Read all reviews
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Movie Info

Synopsis A doctor (Tim Matheson) and his fiancee (Meg Tilly) see unspeakable behavior in her hometown, all because of bad milk.
Director
Graham Baker
Production Co
Buena Vista (Walt Disney)
Rating
R
Genre
Horror
Original Language
English
Release Date (DVD)
Oct 7, 2003
Runtime
1h 32m