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Drugstore Cowboy

1989

Gus Van Sant

Matt Dillon, Kelly Lynch, James Legros, Heather Graham ...

7.0

7,637

Drama Bob (Matt Dillon) is an energetic junkie who leads his wife (Kelly Lynch) and another couple on a reckless spree of drugstore robberies, for drugs. When he has a brush with death, Bob realizes he must leave both his addiction and his wife if he wants to survive. Van Sant's lush photography gives us a glimpse into these lives, lending immortality to people on the fringes of society.

	Author	Review
United States	Roger Ebert Chicago Sun-Times	"Like all truly great movies, 'Drugstore Cowboy' is a joyous piece of work (...) very person connected with this project is working at top form (...) Rating: ★★★★ (out of 4)"	POS
United Kingdom	Scott Tobias The Guardian	"A pointillist slice-of-life that feels absolutely true to these characters and to the mindsets and realities of others like them"	POS
United States	Hal Hinson The Washington Post	"This is a drug movie made from the inside out, by people who understand the life (...) Van Sant gives his material shape and an invigorating, syncopated style"	POS
United States	Peter Travers Rolling Stone	"Van Sant gets at something most addict movies avoid: the very real attraction of drugs"	POS
United Kingdom	Barry McIlheney Empire	"One of those cult classics well worth investigating even if you have never so much as smoked a cigarette in your life (...) Rating: ★★★★ (out of 5)"	POS
United States	Sheila Benson Los Angeles Times	"An electrifying movie without one misstep or one conventional moment, makes us voyeurs in the world of 1970s 'dope fiends'"	POS
United Kingdom	Geoff Andrew Time Out	"A cool, contemplative and sometimes comic look at American drug-culture, manages for the most part to dispense with easy moralising"	POS
United States	Variety Staff Variety	"No previous drug-themed film has the honesty or originality of Gus Van Sant’s drama Drugstore Cowboy."	POS

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