Thank God for Character Driven Films

Rating: 10/10 (11 February 2001)

There are so many reasons to love this film... (1) Christian Slater in a role that seems (even now) to have been made for him, (2) Christopher Walken as a mafia goon, (3) Patricia Arquette as the ever-so-lovely Alabama, (4) Brad Pitt in a minimalist role as the dope-fiend roommate who just doesn't seem to get it, (5) Tom Sizemore and Chris Penn (need I say more), and of course (6) Dennis Hopper as C. Slater's pop. Tony Scott does an amazing job with Tarantino's screenplay, creating a dark-comedy that quickly bounces back and forth between an entertaining action film and an enthralling romance that is unlike any other... because as Clarence says "usually it goes that way, but every once in awhile it goes the other way too."