Review of Bonnie and Clyde (1967) by Johnny T — 15 Jan 2013

Bonnie and Clyde is a milestone in the history of American movies, a work of truth and brilliance. It is also pitilessly cruel, filled with sympathy, nauseating, funny, heartbreaking, and astonishingly beautiful. There is something special about the production, with its brash, vivid style, indelible performances by movie icons, and bold mixture of violence and comedy, romance and tragedy. It's by far the least controlled of Penn's films, but the pieces work wonderfully well, propelled by what was then a very original acting style. Bonnie and Clyde don't really know that killing kills. The film does -- unlike the run of movies about violence now, which mostly know that killing sells. Landmark gangster film that made a huge commercial and cultural splash. So definitive in so many ways, Bonnie and Clyde has become a 20th-century touchstone.

VERDICT: "High-Quality Stuff" - [Positive Reaction] This is a rating to a movie I view as very entertaining and well made, and definitely worth paying the full price at a theatre to see or own on DVD. It is not perfect, but it is definitely excellent. (Films that are rated 3.5 or 4 stars).