Naked Lunch

It feels studiously surrealistic, an excuse for cinematic buggery; deep in its center there's a lack of conviction. Full Review

It feels studiously surrealistic, an excuse for cinematic buggery; deep in its center there's a lack of conviction. Full Review

Naked Lunch will undoubtedly bring pleasure, much of it perverse, to [David Cronenberg]'s many fans - and, simultaneously, confound and repulse a huge chunk of filmgoers. [10 Jan 1992] Full Review

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. Full Review

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. Full Review