Young lovers Sailor and Lula hit the road to start a new life together away from the wrath of Lula’s deranged, disapproving mother, who has hired a team of hitmen to cut the lovers’ surreal honeymoon short.
Nominated for 1 Oscar. 5 wins & 12 nominations total
Top Critics Reviews
rotten:
Even the title is a letdown, somehow.
– Owen Gleiberman,
Entertainment Weekly,
17 Sep 2008
fresh:
Joltingly violent, wickedly funny and rivetingly erotic.
– Variety Staff,
Variety,
17 Sep 2008
rotten:
Barry Gifford's beautifully written picaresque novel about southern lovers on the run, though essentially literary, could have worked as a movie had David Lynch shown some fidelity to the realistic context.
– Jonathan Rosenbaum,
Chicago Reader,
17 Sep 2008
fresh:
Funny, scary and brilliantly cinematic.
– Geoff Andrew,
Time Out,
26 Jan 2006
fresh:
Though Miss Dern and Mr. Cage are constantly upstaged by the rest of the movie, they triumph.