Naked Lunch
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- Synopsis
- This cinematic/literary hybrid fuses motifs from Beat writer William S. Burroughs's novel of the same name with elements of the author's biography and plenty of the cerebral alienation and biomorphic special effects fans of creepy cult director David ......
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- Starring
- Peter Weller, Judy Davis, Ian Holm, Julian Sands, Roy Scheider
- Director(s)
- David Cronenberg
- Distributor(s)
- 20th Century Fox
- MPAA Rating
- R
- Runtime
- 117 min.
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Critic Reviews
Variety | Staff (Not Credited)Add Critic to Favorites
Stretching himself with each new work, David Cronenberg has come up with a fascinating, demanding, mordantly funny picture.Read the full review
Washington Post | Hal HinsonAdd Critic to Favorites
There's a synergistic overlap here between Cronenberg's own particular brand of weirdness and Burroughs's; they're both twisted in ways that complement each other nicely.Read the full review
The New York Times | Janet MaslinAdd Critic to Favorites
For the most part this is a coolly riveting film and even a darkly entertaining one, at least for audiences with steel nerves, a predisposition toward Mr. Burroughs and a willingness to meet Mr. Cronenberg halfway.Read the full review
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