UnowPriceless hyped garbage

Console best movie i've ever seen.

BelSports This is a coming of age storyline that you've seen in one form or another for decades. It takes a truly unique voice to make yet another one worth watching.

Casey Duggan It’s sentimental, ridiculously long and only occasionally funny

symbiophoto I had high hopes for this movie, it had a good plot. Could have been a great movie, especially considering the actors/actresses . However this movie was just SO slow, almost nothing at all really going on until the last 3rd of the movie. I really like Juliette Lewis so I got this mainly because of her, and the plot sounded promising but boy was I wrong. Besides the painfully slow majority, the "southern" accents are absolutely terrible, I live in the south. It doesn't sound like that. And the weird noise Pitt's character makes, and the "doors" he yammers about ...what on earth is that about?! Oh and let's not forget Juliette's child like goofy bs....overall just a crap movie.

Tom Siebert Seen a lot of movies, was a film critic for a bunch of years, but this was the worst piece of trash I think I've ever seen come out of Hollywood. Utterly reprehensible and total waste of talent, with Brad Pitt slumming and David Duchovny dumbing-down the most oblivious screen "hero" ever. It's tough to detail what I specifically hated about it without giving away spoilers, but let's just say it's an artsy wanna-be statement movie about America and its fascination with violence and serial killers that's heavy-handed and gratuitous while reveling in the torment and suffering of characters that turns the "statement" on its head. It's a harbinger for the "torture porn" movies that were still a couple years off, only far more self-aware and pretentious than any of them (though they suck too). No likable or admirable characters, reeks of pomposity, an ugly, unpleasant, unenjoyable, arguably pornographic and deeply stupid movie.

ComedyFan2010 It is a thriller about a psychology grad who goes with his girlfriend on a trip to write a book about serial killers and is accompanied by a couple that actually includes a serial killer.I am actually pretty surprised the movie bombed at the box office. It is one of the more intelligent thrillers on the topic and also keeps a very terrifying atmosphere.The acting in the movie is also first class. Brad Pitt is doing one of his strongest performances. And very successfully, I was just grossed out looking at Early, I never saw a Brad Pitt in there. Juliette Lewis also does a great performance as this sweet but incredibly dumb white trash girl. Michelle Forbes and David Duchovny don't get as much praise for their work in Kalifornia, which is not very fair. They simply have characters that are not normal people and not having mental issues, and they did it great. The four characters bring a good balance.The idea is pretty interesting. It is comparing the fascination about murder with the reality of it. It looks into the idea what drives us into doing it. What is the difference between them and us. Some republicans seem to think it is about a liberal who "learned a lesson", but it is not, it is simply about complexity of the situation and humans.Again, too bad it bombed, Dominic Sena would probably be able to create more of these movies. I was very well done and always kept one worried. Great filmed scenes and scenery that all contributed to it.

ForVirg Kalifornia would be just an OK movie, were it not for the performance of pretty-boy Brad Pitt. In this film, he is anything BUT pretty. In fact, he's so convincingly creepy, it makes my skin crawl just to think about this role.Whether or not he took on the role to battle type-casting is unimportant, because he does, in fact, show his acting chops amazingly well as the poor white trash monster. It's rare to see any actor take on the persona of a character so convincingly.The idea of this film is a good one, and executed fairly well, but could have been done better.In particular, Michelle Forbes character, Carrie, is extremely grating. Hers is a character who will fit into L.A. culture very well--bitchy, superior, and judgmental. I know I should sympathize with Carrie's correct assessment of the situation, but I just hate her too much to care. Of course, I could argue that without her bitchy superiority, there wouldn't be a story. On the other hand, Juliette Lewis' character, Adele, is charmingly endearing, and I found myself wishing for Adele and Duchovny's Brian to wind up together. Were it not for the cast, this movie would be unremarkable. But with the performance of the cast, I find myself watching it again and again over the years since its release. That must count for something!