Fear and Loathing in Las Vegas

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Movie Info & Cast

Director:

Terry Gilliam

Producer:

Patrick Cassavetti, Laila Nabulsi, Stephen Nemeth

Writer:

Hunter S. Thompson, Tony Grisoni, Tod Davies

Release Date:

May 22, 1998

Runtime:

1hr 58m

Synopsis

An oddball journalist and his psychopathic lawyer travel to Las Vegas for a series of psychedelic escapades.

Cast

  • Johnny Depp
  • Benicio Del Toro
  • Tobey Maguire
  • Michael Lee Gogin
  • Larry Cedar
  • Brian Le Baron
  • Katherine Helmond
  • Michael Warwick
  • Craig Bierko
  • Tyde Kierney

Letterboxd User Reviews

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3.8
  • Sep 21, 2012

    For absolutely no reason, I watched this dubbed in Spanish with no subtitles. For some reason, it works. Somehow it adds to the insanity.

    4.2K Likes
    Silent J
    Silent J
    May 10, 2012

    Best trip I ever had without doing any drugs.

    3.1K Likes
    DirkH
    DirkH
    Nov 7, 2021

    “bisexuals are gonna kill me.”

    2.4K Likes
    Muriel
    Muriel
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    Sep 24, 2020

    omg aww boy movie ❣️

    2.0K Likes
    cookie
    cookie
    Jun 3, 2013

    "Don't fuck with me now, man! I am Ahab!" I watched Fear and Loathing in Las Vegas for the first time ever last night... And I wasn't sure exactly how I would take this film. I typically dislike films of this nature but every once in a while I find an exception. There…

    1.4K Likes
    Larry
    Larry
    Feb 17, 2021

    Me and my bestie when we finally move in together:

    1.4K Likes
    Gina
    Gina
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    Directed by Terry Gilliam -Nice A car full of any kind of drugs. - Good A bald Johnny Depp in trip to Las Vegas. -Great His lawyer is Benicio Del Toro. - Amazing

    1.1K Likes
    Pietro A
    Pietro A
    May 22, 2018

    WE ARE IN BAT COUNTRY

    1.1K Likes
    Andre de Nervaux
    Andre de Nervaux
    Apr 25, 2016

    an open letter to benicio del toro: please eat me

    788 Likes
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Metacritic

41
metacritic
Based on 19 Critics
7.6

USER SCORE (272)

Generally favorable reviews based on 272 Reviews
33

The movie is a true folly, yet there's no denying that Gilliam has gotten some of the hallucinogenic madness of Thompson's novel on screen.

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Metacritic review by Owen Gleiberman
Owen Gleiberman
Entertainment Weekly
100

Does for psychedelics what Boogie Nights does for cocaine; displaying in graphical detail the ultimate failure of drugs as an escape route.

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Metacritic review by Ron Wells
Ron Wells
Film Threat
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