Fear and Loathing in Las Vegas
Buy the ticket, take the ride.
Buy the ticket, take the ride.
Adventure, Comedy, Drama
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1998
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Raoul Duke and his attorney Dr. Gonzo drive a red convertible across the Mojave desert to Las Vegas with a suitcase full of drugs to cover a motorcycle race. As their consumption of drugs increases at an alarming rate, the stoned duo trash their hotel room and fear legal repercussions. Duke begins to drive back to L.A., but after an odd run-in with a cop, he returns to Sin City and continues his wild drug binge.
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Rated:
R
Runtime:
118 min
Release date:
22 May 1998
Country:
US
Languages:
English
Budget:
$18,500,000
Revenue:
$10,700,000
Awards:
1 win & 3 nominations
Top Critics Reviews
fresh:
It's certainly distinctive, looking at times like Richard Lester put through a postmodernist blender.
– Jonathan Rosenbaum,
Chicago Reader,
2 May 2012
rotten:
(Gilliam's) vision is too reflexively comic to evoke the shadows of dread in Thompson's writing.
– Owen Gleiberman,
Entertainment Weekly,
7 Sep 2011
rotten:
Pic serves up a sensory overload without any compensatory reflection on the outlandish and irresponsible behavior on view.
– Todd McCarthy,
Variety,
26 Mar 2009
rotten:
A film of brilliant moments, but sadly less coherent - and, on senses, rather less personal - than most of Gilliam's work.
– Geoff Andrew,
Time Out,
26 Jan 2006
rotten:
It's really a series of sketches on one theme.
– Edward Guthmann,
San Francisco Chronicle,
18 Jun 2002