Ezmae Chang This is a small, humorous movie in some ways, but it has a huge heart. What a nice experience.

Guillelmina The film's masterful storytelling did its job. The message was clear. No need to overdo.

Ginger Very good movie overall, highly recommended. Most of the negative reviews don't have any merit and are all pollitically based. Give this movie a chance at least, and it might give you a different perspective.

Dana An old-fashioned movie made with new-fashioned finesse.

philllipveburst-41155 Reading a few of the reviews for this film... I believe some people missed the boat on this one. This (in my opinion) is one of the most brilliant films to ever come out of Hollywood. All the crap they've put out over the years, how can you NOT appreciate this film!?! Cannot stand Keeanu Reeves, but he's beyond brilliant in this film. Dennis Hopper, one of his best. The entire cast does a wonderful job. The mix of darkness and humor is beyond compare. Way ahead of it's time. Every scene is "on point", and then some. Glover is outstanding. I'm not even going to go into the storyline here, just see this film. As dark as it obviously is, I could watch this film every day and still not tire of it. There are so many great scenes in this movie it's hard to single any out. Just one or two of them are worth the price of whatever. This movie gives you more bang for your buck than probably any other film ever made. Tarantino used to,give you a great value for your buck (if you like his kind of movies), not anymore... but that's another story for another day. This film was obviously something he used as a model for his own movies. He's a wicked mongrel. Not a bad thing... he admits it. Still hits hard thirty years later. It's dark... but a "total blast" to watch.

RocDot Keanu was 22 and second billed! But for low a budget film great cinematography, direction and GREAT cast! Anything with Dennis Hopper rocks on of course, RIP Dennis! And when Dennis did this movie (1986) he was 50yo. Remember he played next to Jimmy Dean, Liz Taylor and Rock Hudson thirty years earlier (1955) when he was Keanu and Crispin's age in academy award winner "Giant"!

gavin6942 A high school slacker (Daniel Roebuck) kills his girlfriend and shows off her dead body to his friends. However, the friends' reaction is almost as ambiguous and perplexing as the crime itself.Daniel Roebuck shines here, and it is a mystery to me how he has remained relatively unknown outside of film buff circles. Kenau Reeves has gone on to big things, Crispin Glover (who is not great here) is well-known. Even Ione Skye had a few years of success. Of course, Dennis Hopper is great, but when is he not? I feel like this is a film before its time. The nihilism and moral ambiguity is very much 1990s in its tone, and i think this would have been a big hit if released a few years later. I'm not sure how well it did in 1986, but despite the great performances, dark plot and famous cast, I don't think this is a movie much talked about today (2016).

Veronica6 A lot of people don't realize that this is based on a true story. I knew and went to jr high and high school with the people involved. This actually happened during our first year of high school. The characters were exaggerated a bit. I remember the kids coming back to school and talking about seeing a dead body and poking it with a stick. The girl who was killed was actually a very quiet and sweet girl who happened to befriend the wrong person. A lot of people were afraid of him and thought he was weird and avoided him. He wanted to be more than friends, she wasn't interested so he killed her (so the story goes). Google Marcy Conrad to get the real story. For me knowing what really happened and seeing this movie don't jive but overall it was a decent movie.