Review of Bonnie and Clyde (1967) by Spyros T — 11 Oct 2012

I can't say it's one of my favourite period gangster films but it holds up beautifully today, even if the violent ending is dated -not in the sense that it looks bad, but it doesn't seem nearly as extreme these days as it probably did back then.

When the film was released in 1967 it was especially shocking given that there was sort of an unwritten rule in Hollywood to not subject viewers to too much violence. That rule was worn down and cast away due to movies like Bonnie and Clyde.

Another notably extremely violent, bloody ending came in 1969's The Wild Bunch, although I think that one holds up much better. What I liked the most here was the acting, Gene Hackman and Faye Dunaway are brilliant as usual and although I've never been a huge fan of Warren Beatty, he is great here as Clyde Barrow.

The only fault that annoyed the hell out of me was Estelle Parsons character, I really hated her, she screamed so annoyingly far too often, I can't believe that she won an Oscar for this.