Review of Johnny Suede (1991) by Johnny L — 11 Apr 2015

This is for the never-girl.

Johnny is a singer that has dreams of forming a band and getting a record label and building a musical career. He also has a wild love life and strange demeanor and history with women. He gets great opportunities to settle down and get studio time/auditions, but somehow he always seems to mess his life up.

"Now I can find it in the dark and that's a good thing for a guy to know.".

Tom DiCillo, director of Double Whammy, Delirious, Box of Moonlight, Living in Oblivion, and the documentary Down in Shadowland, delivers Johnny Suede. The storyline for this picture was good at times and painful others. Pitt was a bit rigid as the main characters and the plot had potential but didn't quite climatic. The cast also includes Richard Boes, Nick Cave, Alison Moir, and Peter McRobbie to go with Brad Pitt's leading performance.

"Now is a fly's fart in the wind.".

I came across this on Netflix and decided to give this old Pitt picture a shot. I can tell you this is ridiculous. The content is a bit all over the place and at times seems serious and well written and others seems to be making fun of itself. Overall, the film is uneven and disappointing.

Grade: C-.