If you are going to have characters doing things which seem inexplicable from a behavioral standpoint, you had better lay out some damned good reasoning why these characters do such things. The trivia section on the imdb says that an original cut of this was 180 minutes long. Maybe studio meddling and an editing process brutalized the film. It wouldn't be the first or last time studios butchered a winner in order to get down to an arbitrarily selected run time. What may or may not have been lost in the process was clear motivating factors for just about every character in the movie. Early on Jodie Foster declines entry into witness protection because she doesn't want to give up her life as it currently exists. Her solution? Take it on the lam in perpetuity for some undetermined future. What? This movie is filled with non sequitur thinking like that, and yet... isn't a comedy.
This is one of those movies like The Last Tycoon, Spirit, Kill The Irishman, where you look down the amazing cast list and wonder how it all could have gone so wrong. Whether Dennis Hopper's directing is to blame, or studio editing, or lazy screen writing, who know? It's unpleasant to watch. Unless you really get your rocks off seeing Jodie Foster naked. Then have at. Otherwise overacting and piss poor plotting run this off the rails right from the get go. The two stars I'll give it are generosity, believe it.
This is one of those movies like The Last Tycoon, Spirit, Kill The Irishman, where you look down the amazing cast list and wonder how it all could have gone so wrong. Whether Dennis Hopper's directing is to blame, or studio editing, or lazy screen writing, who know? It's unpleasant to watch. Unless you really get your rocks off seeing Jodie Foster naked. Then have at. Otherwise overacting and piss poor plotting run this off the rails right from the get go. The two stars I'll give it are generosity, believe it.