Natural Born Killers

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Natural Born Killers

R

Released Aug 26, 1994

1h 59m

Crime

Drama

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Woody Harrelson and Juliette Lewis are two young, attractive serial killers who become tabloid-TV darlings, thanks to a sensationalistic press led by Robert Downey Jr. The press reports the pair as they go on a 52 people killing spree. A controversial look at the way the media portrays criminals.

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Critics Consensus

Natural Born Killers explodes off the screen with style, but its satire is too blunt to offer any fresh insight into celebrity or crime -- pummeling the audience with depravity until the effect becomes deadening.

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Nigel Andrews

Financial Times

Oliver Stone's Natural Born Killers is a passionately mad, frequently bad, passably interesting, probably unmissable movie.

Feb 13, 2024

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Geoff Brown

Times (UK)

In Stone's last virtuoso display piece, JFK, the technical fireworks served a firm dramatic purpose. Here they get horribly out of hand. The flimsy, derivative storyline becomes almost obliterated.

Feb 12, 2024

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Alexander Walker

London Evening Standard

Stone's talent works well on the eye, seldom on the brain. There's no coherent argument to follow in his film; nothing lasts long lest viewers' attention span parts company with the excitement under the strain of having to follow a thesis.

Jan 17, 2024

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John Powers

Vogue

A big, dazzling, monstrously violent comedy that is probably the most extreme movie ever made in Hollywood. Psychedelic and assaultive, it's like a fever dream snatched from the skull of Charles Manson.

Feb 13, 2024

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Philip French

Observer (UK)

The intent is manifestly satirical, though the result is lumbering and mirthless.

Feb 12, 2024

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Dennis Schwartz

Dennis Schwartz Movie Reviews

It's Stone's sordid but well-executed action pic message film about how an ill-informed society glorifies repulsive violent figures and makes them heroes.

Rated: B

Nov 6, 2023

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Jack M

There is clarity within the chaos of the events that is both poignant and touching

Rated 5 out of 5 stars

02/19/25

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Kelly N

And assault on your senses! I really liked it

Rated 4 out of 5 stars

02/02/25

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Rosana B

Juliette Lewis está incrivelmente sexy e linda nesse filme... Adorei a fotografia e apresentação, mistura gráficos de animes, muitas luzes e cores, representação em sitcoms, de forma absurda e surreal, com a normatização da violência e abuso contra mulher e criança... Tarantino choca e encanta num mesmo ato, o decorrer se torna um pouco maçante, quase entendiante, a violência conduz todo o filme, alegremente, mas cansa... A crítica se dividiu em originalidade e excesso sanguento...

Rated 3.5 out of 5 stars

12/30/24

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Maxwell L

Ah, "Natural Born Killers," a film that so desperately wants to be profound. It's a mildly unsettling romp, hailed by some as one of the greatest cinematic achievements ever. This so-called masterpiece is nothing more than America's navel-gazing at its own fetishization of violence and criminal adoration, all neatly packaged by our beloved corporate media. Why bother with drugs when you can simply bask in the secondhand high of someone else's trip? Truly, a cultural milestone.

Rated 5 out of 5 stars

12/17/24

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Shawn R

Good movie! Woody Harrelson and Juliette Lewis were made for this.

Rated 5 out of 5 stars

12/09/24

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Ed S

This has to be one of the worst movies ever made. I’m sorry but Quentin Tarantino is way over rated. Most of his movies suck.

Rated 0.5 out of 5 stars

11/30/24

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Synopsis

Woody Harrelson and Juliette Lewis are two young, attractive serial killers who become tabloid-TV darlings, thanks to a sensationalistic press led by Robert Downey Jr. The press reports the pair as they go on a 52 people killing spree. A controversial look at the way the media portrays criminals.

Director: Oliver Stone
Producer: Jane Hamsher, Don Murphy, Clayton Townsend
Screenwriter: Quentin Tarantino, David Veloz, Richard Rutowski, Oliver Stone
Distributor: Warner Bros. Pictures
Production Co: New Regency Pictures, Ixtlan Corporation, Alcor Films, Warner Brothers, Warner Bros. Pictures, J D Productions, Regency Enterprises
Rating: R (Graphic Carnage|Extreme Violence|Sexuality|Shocking Images|Strong Language)
Genre: Crime, Drama
Original Language: English
Release Date (Theaters): Aug 26, 1994, Wide
Release Date (Streaming): May 8, 2015
Runtime: 1h 59m
Sound Mix: Dolby SR, DTS, Stereo, Surround, Dolby A, Dolby Digital
Aspect Ratio: Flat (1.85:1)

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