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Review of Bad Lieutenant (1992) by Doug Z — 12 May 2008

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Dark... Disturbing... Harvey Keitel loaded on coke and heroin standing naked seeing images of Christ... tries to find redemption...

This review of Bad Lieutenant (1992) was written by Doug Z on 12 May 2008.

Bad Lieutenant has generally received positive reviews.

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Review of Bad Lieutenant (1992)

By Sean Burns (1,156) for The ARTery (128) on 16 May 2018

It's a movie of wall-to-wall depravity and profound spiritual longing, at once one of the dirtiest and most deeply religious pictures I've ever seen…

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By Bill S (2,971) on 06 Apr 2015

This movie is fun in a sick guilty pleasure way for the viewer and yes you'll need a shower after…

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By Mick Lasalle (3,303) for San Francisco Chronicle (7,630) on 03 Oct 2016

It is boldly NC-17, but unlike most exploitation cinema, Ferrara can’t seem to help himself from making the film a personal, frightened psychic…

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By Oscar R (101) on 16 Dec 2013

Here is a movie with a non expected end, that's a plus…

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By Chris W (2,796) on 24 Jun 2013

A dark and disturbing character study. Harvey Keitel has never been better. Strongly spiritual as well…

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By Ian Nathan (392) for Empire (3,446) on 18 May 2017

Abel Ferrara out-sleazes even his own grubby oeuvre with this powerful if overbearing study of a soul swallowed by depravity…

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By Fong K (647) on 20 Nov 2017

Harvey Keitel delivers one of his career's best as the titular self-loathing and unredeemable corrupted cop given a short glimpse of redemption…

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By Paul D (6,077) on 29 Jun 2013

The movie itself almost feels like a series of shock value scenes, but it's worth seeing for Harvey Keitel's performance; he really puts his…

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By Peter Rainer (2,575) for Los Angeles Times (12,977) on 07 Jan 2014

Mr. Ferrara has his saving graces, too, the chief one being raw talent, which he continues to display while telling even the most far-fetched story…

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By Anthony K (935) on 07 May 2017

Nah, a lot of really long scenes with the same lines repeated or silence. Random scenes to confuse you and a bad wookie noise…

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