The Doom Generation

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The Doom Generation

R

Released Oct 25, 1995

1h 10m

Drama

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Teens Jordan White (James Duval) and Amy Blue (Rose McGowan) pick up a handsome drifter named Xavier Red (Johnathon Schaech). Red tends to create combustible situations -- for example, a trip to a convenience store leads to a clerk getting decapitated. Afterward, the trio voyages through small-town America, where Amy is accosted by various men claiming to be her lovers, and she and Jordan find themselves drawn to Xavier. But can any amount of sex lift the sense of doom hanging over them?

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Jonathan Rosenbaum

Chicago Reader

Striking to look at, though often offensively opportunistic, this mainly comes across as a throwaway shocker with energy to spare. There's not much thought in evidence though.

Jan 14, 2011

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Variety Staff

Variety

A nihilistic comedy about a trio of alienated youngsters, pic is bold not only in its art design, but also in its narrative and tone, a mixture of satire and horror with heavy dosage of steamy sex and macabre violence.

Mar 26, 2009

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Emanuel Levy

Variety

Inspired by Godard's classic Band Apart, Araki's fifth feature is his most audacious and most technically accomplished film to date, reflecting the larger than usual budget and gained experience.

Rated: 4/5

Jun 20, 2006

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Scott Nye

Battleship Pretension

To call its queerness subtext is an insult to subtext.

Nov 21, 2024

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D.M. Palmer

Vague Visages

Gregg Araki envisages the final decade of the century as a rampant forest fire of kitsch and catastrophe...

Nov 9, 2023

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Sean Burns

WBUR’s Arts & Culture

It’s hard not to admire Araki's obnoxious audacity. The film is a sustained, 83-minute affront to decency and good taste.

Jun 18, 2023

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Sean

Iconic 90’s movie!! Felt like I was back in high school watching the movie again

Rated 5 out of 5 stars

08/28/25

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Dean T

Pure 90s nostalgia. Disturbing and stylish. A great ride that goes from manic comedy to manic disturbing.

Rated 4 out of 5 stars

07/10/25

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Phillip N

A great Gen X movie.

Rated 5 out of 5 stars

04/17/25

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Troy M

A brilliant showing of what it's like to live as an outcast. A definite moving picture as we see the characters evolve. Time is lost money evening means nothing in the tragedy awaits.

Rated 5 out of 5 stars

08/31/23

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Steve D

An aimless mess of a film.

Rated 1 out of 5 stars

02/17/23

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Audience Member

It perfectly knows the kind of film it is and takes it to another level, achieving his own freedom but giving it a black psycho twist at the end.

Rated 5 out of 5 stars

01/12/23

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Gregg Araki

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James Duval

Jordan White

Rose McGowan

Amy Blue

Johnathon Schaech

Xavier Red

Margaret Cho

Clerk's Wife

Amanda Bearse

Barmaid

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Synopsis

Teens Jordan White (James Duval) and Amy Blue (Rose McGowan) pick up a handsome drifter named Xavier Red (Johnathon Schaech). Red tends to create combustible situations -- for example, a trip to a convenience store leads to a clerk getting decapitated. Afterward, the trio voyages through small-town America, where Amy is accosted by various men claiming to be her lovers, and she and Jordan find themselves drawn to Xavier. But can any amount of sex lift the sense of doom hanging over them?

Director: Gregg Araki
Producer: Andrea Sperling, Gregg Araki, Yves Marmion
Screenwriter: Gregg Araki
Distributor: Trimark Pictures
Production Co: Blurco, Why Not Productions, Desperate Pictures
Rating: R
Genre: Drama
Original Language: English
Release Date (Theaters): Oct 25, 1995, Original
Rerelease Date (Theaters): Apr 7, 2023
Release Date (DVD): Aug 7, 2007
Runtime: 1h 10m
Sound Mix: Stereo

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