My Own Private Idaho
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- Synopsis
- Gus Van Sant's dreamtime riff on Shakespeare's "Henry IV, Parts I and II" features River Phoenix as Mike Waters, a narcoleptic male hustler who is first seen drifting on a stretch of highway in Idaho....
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- Starring
- River Phoenix, Keanu Reeves, James Russo, William Richert, Rodney Harvey
- Director(s)
- Gus Van Sant
- Distributor(s)
- Fine Line Features
- MPAA Rating
- R
- Runtime
- 105 min.
Critic Reviews
The New York Times | Vincent CanbyAdd Critic to Favorites
The film itself is invigorating - written, directed, and acted with enormous insight and comic elan. [27 Sept 1991]Read the full review
Washington Post | Desson ThomsonAdd Critic to Favorites
It gets you below the emotional belt in a searing, delicate way. No movie this year approaches such magnificent imagery, such delectable poetry.Read the full review
Washington Post | Hal HinsonAdd Critic to Favorites
Van Sant's sensibility is wholly original, wholly fresh. "My Own Private Idaho" adds a new ingredient: a kind of boho sweetness. I loved it.Read the full review
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