Jordan White and Amy Blue, two troubled teens, pick up an adolescent drifter, Xavier Red. Together, the threesome embarks on a sex and violence-filled journey through an United States of psychos and quickie marts.
It's a savagely funny ride fueled by Araki's insight and blunt compassion.
– Peter Travers,
Rolling Stone,
12 May 2001
rotten:
Sledgehammer direction, heavy irony and the easiest imaginable targets hardly show talent off to good advantage.
– Janet Maslin,
New York Times,
20 May 2003
fresh:
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.
– Emanuel Levy,
Variety,
20 Jun 2006
fresh:
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.
– Variety Staff,
Variety,
26 Mar 2009
rotten:
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.