Movie Review

TRUE ROMANCE (1993)

Reviewed by Owen Gleiberman | Sep 17, 1993

Owen Gleiberman

Owen Gleiberman is a film critic for EW

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EW's GRADE

B+

Details Rated: R; Genres: Action/Adventure, Comedy, Crime, Drama; With: Patricia Arquette, Dennis Hopper and Christian Slater

TRUE ROMANCE (R) In this cheerfully disreputable outlaw-lovers-on-the-run flick, Christian Slater and Patricia Arquette are sweetly jaded punk deadbeats who end up on the road to L.A., where they attempt to unload half a million dollars worth of stolen cocaine. There's a wonderful gallery of supporting oddballs, including Saul Rubinek as a high-strung hipster producer, Christopher Penn and Tom Sizemore as flaky cops, and Val Kilmer as-yes-the ghost of Elvis. With True Romance, you never forget you're watching a derivative, machine-tooled entertainment; the fun is in how the machine keeps spinning off course. B+ ( 187, Sept. 10) -OG

Originally posted Sep 17, 1993 Published in issue #188 Sep 17, 1993 Order article reprints

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