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      Eating Raoul

      R 1982 1h 23m Comedy List
      86% Tomatometer 21 Reviews 71% Audience Score 5,000+ Ratings The absurd Blands (Paul Bartel, Mary Woronov) lure swingers home to be conked by a skillet, robbed and removed by Raoul (Robert Beltran). Read More Read Less

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      Eating Raoul serves up its spectacularly lurid tale with a healthy heaping of pitch-black humor and anarchic vigor.

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      Bruce McCabe Boston Globe Paul Bartel's Eating Raoul is about lurid sex, murder, cannibalism and greed. It's also the best comedy of the fall season. Apr 27, 2018 Full Review Roger Ebert Chicago Sun-Times Problem is, it's so laid-back it eventually gets monotonous. If the style and pacing had been as outrageous as the subject matter, we might have had something really amazing here. Rated: 2/4 Oct 23, 2004 Full Review Cole Smithey ColeSmithey.com Made on a non-existent budget, here is a kick right in Hollywood's bloated butt. Rated: A- Feb 13, 2017 Full Review Matthew Sorrento Film Threat Nicely lays out capitalism on the chopping block. In an obsessively consumptive culture like America's, the only way for a common couple to strive is through killing, then consuming. Rated: 4/5 Nov 26, 2012 Full Review James Kendrick Q Network Film Desk Despite the consistency of the film's droll take on murder and mayhem, it still feels oddly uneven and skimpy, as if there just isn't quite enough meat on its narrative bones. Rated: 2.5/4 Oct 9, 2012 Full Review Cole Smithey ColeSmithey.com Rated: 4/5 Aug 2, 2008 Full Review Read all reviews

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      prawnda s it's acceptable background noise, but overall very repetitive and poorly written/acted. i didn't laugh, and the name + summary really give the entire movie away. Rated 2 out of 5 stars 06/25/23 Full Review steve d Not as clever as it thinks it is. Rated 2.5 out of 5 stars 03/30/23 Full Review ashley h Eating Raoul is a disappointing film. It is about a relatively boring Los Angeles couple discovers a bizarre way to get funding for opening a restaurant. Mary Woronov and Paul Bartel give terrible performances. The script is badly written. Paul Bartel also did a horrible job directing this movie. I was not impressed. Rated 1 out of 5 stars 03/31/23 Full Review Audience Member From the trailer you wouldn't know what this movie is about At first it looks like a screwball comedy People get bonked on the head and a few giggles Well you'd be wrong; this is actually about a couple called The Blands as more of a dark comedy The both of them actually lure swingers to their home and have them killed and cooked to fund their restaurant They feed them to a burglar named Raoul who stumbles upon their scheme and also wants a part of the action This reminded me so much of 'Motel Hell' which had the same premise but more along the lines of cannibalism horror This plays more for laughs if anything; I just love how these two are so non-chalant about murdering rich perverts for cash After all the way the worlds been treating them they seem to deserve something in return Small hard working people shouldn't get trampled on all the time For the Blands they feel as if they're reaping more benefits Plenty of black humor in here and vigorous anarchy Very low budget indeed and doesn't go beyond any big story lengths yet it's a good time waister Lays out capitalism in body bags with our obsessively consumptive culture Only way for a couple like this to make it through is by killing then consuming This one is a bit uneven delivering giant laughs or graphic violence but still makes this marriage a riot to see unfold in their desperation Rated 3 out of 5 stars 01/22/23 Full Review Audience Member Classic Cult! Hilarious. Great cast. Throughly entertaining Rated 4 out of 5 stars 08/16/21 Full Review robert p I just cannot for the life of me, how this movie got the Criterion Collection, it *is* pretty funny and I saw it when it first came out. But I guess even cheaply produced movies get a high rating so I leave this as 3 & 1/2 stars! Rated 3.5 out of 5 stars 03/31/23 Full Review Read all reviews Post a rating

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      Synopsis The absurd Blands (Paul Bartel, Mary Woronov) lure swingers home to be conked by a skillet, robbed and removed by Raoul (Robert Beltran).
      Director
      Paul Bartel
      Screenwriter
      Richard Blackburn
      Production Co
      Bartel
      Rating
      R
      Genre
      Comedy
      Original Language
      English
      Release Date (Streaming)
      May 22, 2017
      Runtime
      1h 23m
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