Blank-faced bug killer Bill Lee and his dead-eyed wife, Joan, like to get high on Bill's pest poisons while lounging with Beat poet pals. After meeting the devilish Dr. Benway, Bill gets a drug made from a centipede. Upon indulging, he accidentally kills Joan, takes orders from his typewriter-turned-cockroach, ends up in a constantly mutating Mediterranean city and learns that his hip friends have published his work -- which he doesn't remember writing.
Naked Lunch has generally received positive reviews.
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Naked Lunch was released in 1991 and has generally received positive reviews.
Online reviewers have written 569 reviews, giving Naked Lunch (1991) an average rating of 69%.
Overall, cinema-goers and film critics broadly agree on the merits of the movie, with critics giving it an average score of 75% and users giving an average score of 74%.
With a score of 69%, Naked Lunch is above the average Cinafilm score for movies made in 1991, which stands at 60%.
Other movies from 1991 with similar scores include films like The Prince of Tides, Frankie and Johnny and L.A. Story.
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