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Wild at Heart (1990)

Rate: 3
Viewed: 5/08

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5/08: Dark, strange, bizarre, and weird are what I'll describe Wild at Heart.

In other words, it's another usual David Lynch experience, but this time, the movie actually sucks. It's boring, bland, flat, and uninspiring. The acting isn't a problem; it's the pace. There's almost no story to speak of.

Somehow, there seems to be a convergence of the characters toward the end, but David Lynch skips the secondary characters, drops half of the film altogether, and makes up some new stuff as if he wants to shoot the fucker in the foot and move on.

Hence, three-fourths of the buildup is all for naught. Honestly, most of the elements were in the right place for success, but a few things had been bothering me the most: the made-for-TV feel, the constant search for absurdity, and the lack of redeeming values. Anyway, what a fantastic-looking movie poster with Laura Dern and Nicolas Cage.

All in all, Wild at Heart is a retread of Blue Velvet but with a predictable ending.