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19 reviews · Provided by Metacritic.com
- 100SalonSalonIt is as deeply satisfying as only the yowling, primal trashing of several rental cars and hotel rooms while in the grips of a hopelessly depraved ether jag and several sheets of blotter acid can be... A cinematic masterpiece.
- Gilliam captures the chaotic visions of debauchery with his trademark aplomb, bringing to life the already trippy patterns of hotel carpets and populating the dark bars of Vegas with genuinely reptilian lounge lizards.
- 60The New York TimesStephen HoldenThe New York TimesStephen HoldenThe closest sensory approximation of an acid trip ever achieved by a mainstream movie and the latest example of Mr. Gilliam's visual bravura.
- 50Film ThreatFilm ThreatOn this ride we follow the two characters from casino to casino and from hallucination to hallucination with no real destination.
- 50The Globe and Mail (Toronto)Rick GroenThe Globe and Mail (Toronto)Rick GroenThe one source of relief comes from the score -- a sampling of period ditties by the likes of the Rolling Stones, Bob Dylan, Janis Joplin and Neil Young.
- 50ReelViewsJames BerardinelliReelViewsJames BerardinelliThere is a reason why books are books and movies are movies, and Fear and Loathing in Las Vegas makes a pretty good case that the two don't always mix.
- 50San Francisco ChronicleEdward GuthmannSan Francisco ChronicleEdward GuthmannDisappointing, pointless and repetitive.
- 50TV Guide MagazineMaitland McDonaghTV Guide MagazineMaitland McDonaghA peculiar and oddly haunting achievement.
- 20The New RepublicStanley KauffmannThe New RepublicStanley KauffmannA lot of talent has gone down the drain, an apt term since bathrooms loom in the picture. [22 Jun 1998, p. 26]
- 0San Francisco ExaminerSan Francisco ExaminerOne long offensive treatise on just how vile two human beings can be.