Review of Wild at Heart (1990) by Bruce B — 11 Feb 2011

I appreciate this for being so incredibly offbeat. Even for David Lynch, it feels like the road trip from hell. I think this is the most comedic that he has or ever will go. The characters are so screwball in nature, that you can't help but laugh when they try to make sense.

Nicholas Cage and Laura Dern are just so good together that it's almost scary, it really felt as though they were head over heels and crazy in love. This has the unique look and feel of some of David Lynch's work, but like it's content, it's so much jollier and goofy in nature.

Now that's probably a false sense fluffiness because there's so many demented messages rooted in the story. It's almost as if the movie is just as crazy as its two leads.