U-Turn
First screened in October 1997
Director: Oliver Stone. Cast: Sean Penn, Jennifer Lopez, Nick Nolte, Jon Voight, Joaquin Phoenix, Claire Danes, Billy Bob Thornton, Powers Boothe, Laurie Metcalf, Julie Hagerty, Brent Briscoe, Bo Hopkins, Aida Linares, Ilia Volok, Valeriy Nikolaev. Screenplay: John Ridley (based on his novel Stray Dogs).

Twitter Capsule: Audacity of Natural Born Killers curdled into unrewarding luridness. Dead-ended in style, flat as comedy. Abject experience.

VOR:   I'll give it credit for trying something risky in its brazenness, from acting to images. I hated it, but it's not run-of-the-mill.



Photo © 1997 TriStar Pictures/Phoenix Pictures

Not yet reviewed in full. Grade: F


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