One.....happy.......family.....

Rating: 8/10 (4 March 2015)

In San Francisco, a journalist follows a man through the streets and they end up in an anonymous room.
When the journalist starts to interview the man, the stranger tells him that he is a vampire, being over 200 years old. The journalist doesn't believe him, but after the man proves it's true, he tells his story.
His name is Louis and in 18th century New Orleans he was 24, by this time owner of an estate and a widower already. One night, when he once again was destroying himself, he was found by Lestat, a vampire, who bit him.
But even after becoming a vampire, life wasn't fun for Louis until one night he met a little girl, Claudia, who would change his existence forever........
Jordan once again shows he can do the macabre, and even though this must arguably be his biggest project, his notable touch is all over this wonderful epic.
From the sinister, unnerving soundtrack, to the epic, sprawling cinematography,Mathis has so much in common with his wonderful 'Company Of Wolves' it's almost a necessity to watch them together.
Notorious when first announced that Cruise was to play Lestat, it's easily the best thing he's ever done, he's scary, alluring, and most of all hilariously funny. And that's a major plus point for this movie, its laugh out loud funny sometimes, and the lighter parts, even though they are rare, seamlessly meld with the more horrific parts of the film.
Pitt and Cruise compliment each other well, and at times,they do come across as an old married couple, but they have spent a lot of time together, but its obvious there are connotations toward sexuality during the film.
Once Dunstable comes into the picture, it's as if the nuclear family is complete for a time, but bitterness soon comes into the fray.
If anything, it's an anti vampire movie. Lots of vampire movies glamorise the fact that they live forever, and have other fantastical traits, but novelty soon wears off, and when we reach present day, Pitt is as lonely as he was before he was 'turned'.
But all in all, its a groundbreaking film, the cast are great, even though twenty years on,money look like a soft rock tribute act.
Scary, funny, sexy, essential.