Fear and Loathing in Las Vegas

R18

1998

119 mins

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Johnny Depp and Benicio Del Toro lead a three-day drug-fuelled rampage through Vegas in Terry Gilliam’s love-it-or-hate-it comedy. No matter... More

Johnny Depp and Benicio Del Toro lead a three-day drug-fuelled rampage through Vegas in Terry Gilliam’s love-it-or-hate-it comedy. No matter how you view the film, you can’t accuse it of not being a faithful adaptation of Hunter S. Thompson’s novel.

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Fear and Loathing in Las Vegas | Ratings & Reviews

51_%72 reviews
Rotten Tomatoes® rating
89_%279,863 reviews
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"It's hard to imagine any segment of the public embracing this off-putting, unrewarding slog through the depths of the drug culture."

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Variety

"The strongest magnet in this psychedelic morass is Johnny Depp who, as the story's antic, disgusting and seductive spirit guide, is impossible to look away from."

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The Washington Post

"A horrible mess of a movie, without shape, trajectory or purpose--a one joke movie, if it had one joke."

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Roger Ebert

"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."

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