Wild at Heart (1990)

Best movie of this year hands down!

If the ambition is to provide two hours of instantly forgettable, popcorn-munching escapism, it succeeds.

Yo, there's no way for me to review this film without saying, take your *insert ethnicity + "ass" here* to see this film,like now. You have to see it in order to know what you're really messing with.

what a terribly boring film. I'm sorry but this is absolutely not deserving of best picture and will be forgotten quickly. Entertaining and engaging cinema? No. Nothing performances with flat faces and mistaking silence for subtlety.

Typical David Lynch (translate: fantastic visuals, crazy characters and scenes and great music). Yet unlike many of his other movies, this one is easy to follow and not quite as surreal. Cage and Dern are marvelous, but the best performance comes from Willem Dafoe as Bobby Peru. One of the best road movies (and probably the craziest). 9 stars out of 10.In case you're interested in more underrated masterpieces, here's some of my favorites:imdb.com/list/ls070242495

Story and its linearity are not quite typical for Lynch, but his directing is obvious from the first scene. At times I wanted to pause the movie just to go to IMDb and give it pure ten and then at times I was at the edge to give up on this crap. That kind of conflicted reactions only Lynch can cause. Movie reminds me quite a lot of Natural Born Killers, or should I reverse it considering this one is older. And Laura Dern reminds me of Juliette Lewis too, mostly by acting, but facially in some cadres too. I think Dern and Cage are ugliest movie couple i ever saw and still they have such magical charisma together. Angelo Badalamenti did excellent job with music once again and Cage is surprisingly good in his numbers. Movie is over two hours long and, although it has lots of legendary scenes I will never forget, it has some completely redundant and even cheesy scenes in typically Lynch manner. If he could just cut off those few scenes to bring movie down to more compact shape and size it would be, if not ten, at least strong nine. But in shape it is now I can not give it more than7,5/10I was blown away by scene when Willem Dafoe comes over Laura Dern i motel room. Although this movie is full of awesome scenes, this one left the strongest impression on me.Fun fact - Diane Ladd i Laura Dern, who play roles of mother and daughter, are in fact mother an d daughter in real life. :D

David Lynch loves to make the audience uncomfortable. "Wild at Heart" is the best example of his work that at times takes thing way to far.I can't believe that this film won Best Picture at the "Cannes Film Festival". It is sick, evil, mean & twisted. The opening scene we see our (hero) kill a man by beating his head in. A few years later he is paroled and he & his girlfriend hit the road.At the same time the girls mother has now put "A Hit on Him". There is really nobody to care about in this film. This was made before "Twin Peaks" was shown on television and its fun to see some of the cast members make cameos in this. I have seen this once and I won't again. Its too violent among other things!

I guess there's probably three types of people when it comes to David Lynch films (1) People who love his work and find it unique, deep and a refreshing change from the Hollywood norm (2) People who find it a pretentious mess, lacking in any real story (3) People who say, "Who's David Lynch?" If you fall into the third category then I guess that jumping into his 1990 film 'Wild at Heart' is as good as any place to start your journey into his twisted mind. For 'Wild at Heart' is quite a 'typical' David Lynch film, in that it's narrative deliberately strays away from being particularly 'linear' and – in many cases – is open to interpretation as to what is actually going on in the story. Much of what you get from a David Lynch film is based on how it makes you feel, rather than the story it tells.The film stars Nicholas Cage, who plays a young man with a – you guessed it – wild streak. He falls in love with a young – and kind of equally wild – seventeen year old (Lynch's favourite leading lady, Laura Dern) and the two of them embark on a road trip across the wastelands of America – much to the disgust of Dern's on screen mother! In fact, rather than just posting a snotty comment on her Facebook status, she goes and hires some weird hit men to 'take care of the situation' (if you know what I mean?). Thus the film takes on a more murderous tone.So, they travel across America meeting one weird person after the next, participating in weird dialogue and perforated by weird s*xual exploits (all of this totally normal for a David Lynch film!). Now, when I talk about Lynch's trademark 'weirdness' I normally refer to not just the dialogue that's spoken, but the WAY it's said. Pauses are drawn out longer than is normal, making conversation deliberately uncomfortable. Then you have the – seemingly random – bursts of dramatic music overlaid across simple actions like a car pulling slowly into a parking space. And that's just the tip of the 'weirdness iceberg' – everything is pretty 'textbook Lynch' and to add an extra bizarre feel to the proceedings, it's loosely based on 'The Wizard of Oz!' (you'll soon pick up the not so subtle symbolism!).Nicholas Cage is allowed to almost run free, which does play well into his 'wild' nature. Dern too goes a little mad sometimes, however I did find her a little annoying from time to time due to her constant screaming that would make 'Willie' from 'Temple of Doom' proud! The rest of the cast pop up here and there, act weird and then go away again – this really is Cage's baby. However, just because we never see Lynch on screen (you'll have to watch 'Twin Peaks' for that – and it's worth it) you can see his fingerprints all over it. His use of fire is nearly as prominent as in 'Twin Peaks.' I guess this is used to denote danger. That's a fairly obvious one, but there are those elements of the film that even a die-hard Lynch fan doesn't understand! So, where do I come down on the three types of people I spoke about in my opening paragraph? Well, as I said, I'm a die-hard fan. I do watch all his stuff and enjoy (most of) it. I like the mood and feel he creates, even if the story does get more than a little confusing. His work is a refreshing change from the 'classic Hollywood narrative' that we're so used to. But, don't get me wrong – his films are hard work! I don't always get what he's trying to say. In 'Wild at Heart' there is at least a main story running through it. This is more than can be said for one of his later films, 'Inland Empire.' That, despite a few moments of 'Lynchian gold' was almost unwatchable when it came to its 'story!' So, if you're a fan of David Lynch's (filmic) work then you should know what you're in for. If you've never seen one of his films before, have a long, hard think about what you've read here before you invest your time into it. And, if you simply hate his work, I doubt there's much here to win you round.Oh, and maybe I should have added a 'fourth' category when it comes to people and their relationship to Lynch's work – (4) People who have seen his cult TV show 'Twin Peaks' and are therefore intrigued as to how his work translates to the big screen. I'll tell you now that 'Wild at Heart' bears little resemblance to the show (besides a fair few of its actors making cameos), so if you're looking for some 'Damn fine cherry pie,' then you won't find it here.