Naked Lunch

:

Overview

Naked Lunch
Critics' Rating:
read review
Avg. User Rating:
12 ratings
Your Rating:
write a review
R,1hr 57min
Genre:
Released:
January 1, 1991
Director:
Distributor:
Criterion
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 Cronenberg have come to expect. Bill Lee (Peter Weller) wants to write, but he exterminates bugs to pay the bills. His wife, Joan (Judy Davis), becomes addicted to Bill's bug powder dust, and soon he joins her in a world of unorthodox hallucinogens; ... Full Synopsis
Critics' Reviews
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
Metascore
®
67
Generally favorable reviews
out of 100
Featured Cast
William Lee
Joan Frost/Joan Lee
Tom Frost
Yves Cloquet
Similar Movies
advertisement