Dirtylogy It's funny, it's tense, it features two great performances from two actors and the director expertly creates a web of odd tension where you actually don't know what is happening for the majority of the run time.

Cooktopi The acting in this movie is really good.

Tymon Sutton The acting is good, and the firecracker script has some excellent ideas.

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

Mr Black "Based on the true story" ... is the stupidest thing they could have said when talking about this film. There is so much wrong with it historically, it's unreal. Obviously they did no research at all on this. Bonnie never killed anyone,, and she sure didn't shoot some innocent home owner in the face through a car window. In this fanciful tale,, Clyde is suddenly a saxophone player. WHAT??? Where did this come from. He also has 'second sight'.... WHAT??? Where did this come from.??? Bonnie never showed up alone at a reporters home to tell her to make sure she put her name in the paper.... WHAT?? Where did this come from. Bonnie never sent her photos to a Hollywood studio... where did that come from? In this version,, they were robbing banks all over the place. In reality Bonnie and Clyde were small town crooks who usually robbed easy targets like filling stations and convenience stores. And Bonnie never took part in an actual robbery. They inserted this ridiculous character of the female reporter on the case - which didn't happen. Did some femminists get a hold of the script and demand the facts of history be changed? Now the stupidest plot points. While staying at Methvin's father's house, Clyde hears him talking on the telephone telling someone, most likely law enforcement that they are there. And yet Bonnie and Clyde return to the same house weeks later????? Even though Clyde realizes the guy is going to turn them in.? Final scene,, i dreaded seeing this,, but yup,, they did the old 'dancing puppet' thing as Bonnie and Clyde dance around in the car as the bullets hit them. Clyde was killed outright by a single shot to the head. The rest of the bullets hitting him would have him hopping around like he was on strings. But since they did this in the original version, now it's the thing to do. Fun movie to watch, but a saxophone playing , psychic Clyde Barrow?? Whew!

LeonLouisRicci Slick and Good Looking TV-Movie that has some Style and Swagger with a Performance by Holiday Grainger as Bonnie with a Doll-Like Look. She Persuasively Captures Her Transformation from Glory Hound to Delusional Psychosis. Emile Hirsch as Clyde is Rather Bland and let's Bonnie Steal the Show.The Supporting Characters are OK with Holly Hunter and William Hurt doing Yeoman Work. The Romanticism is Relentless with Much Bedroom Bouncing and Pointed Pauses for Hugs and Kisses.The Movie Decides to Make the Depression-Era Gangsters Appear as Their Perfumed Newspaper Personalities. Going from Folk-Heroes to Cold Blooded Killers with the Public Taking the Cue from the Propagandized and Opportunist Newspaper Reports.This Accounts for the Inaccuracies in the Film because the Newspaper Accounts were Mostly Inaccurate Exploitations Feeding the Public what They Wanted to Read. Here the Mini-Series Makers are Feeding the Public what They Want to See. Overall, Mostly Above Average with a bit too Much Uninteresting Filler (premonitions and ballet dancing) that Drags this Down from Anything More Aspirational than Fluff.Note...The (1967) Warren Beatty and Faye Dunaway Movie is a very popular and critically acclaimed Flashpoint Film of its Era.

christopher-cole83 Are that there was a gang known as Bonnie and Clyde...They had a lawman named Frank Hamer (a real life Walker: Texas Ranger) chasing after them...And their stories converge in Louisiana when an ambush kills Bonnie and Clyde.Everything else was just filler to try to tell a story.Let's be real here though, it was A&E that put this together: Arts and Entertainment, which also owns Lifetime (conversely known as Wifetime), and History, which seems less concerned about history and more concerned about spinning a good story. With that, the cinematography is good for a "made for television" budget, and the acting is good. It isn't garbage like many reviews are saying it is. However, elements of teleplay really push what's good about this into territory that it doesn't need to go.The real history of Bonnie and Clyde is compelling enough, considering much of what they did was interpreted as desperate people fighting back against cold-hearted and nameless capitalist institutions during the Great Depression. And that a woman would get caught up in it was also compelling. Had the story stuck to that, this would have been better. There is however no need to distort the history to tell a good story when the story can stand on its own.It gets credit from me for the filming and the acting. It looses too much on the rest.

colonel52 Spoilers not much but some. I don't see where to give it star rating, so will just say.I give it a 9 out of 10.I did not think this would be good , but it was. The actress who played Bonnie " Holliday Grainger " did a outstanding job with the role. She brought Bonnie to life in a compelling manner. I would have to say she was the star of the film. All the actors did a good job, and the directing was good too. The story although fictional at times was a good story.The ending is one you would never think of, but I have to say is very possible, considering that at the point of the Ambush Clyde did not have much to live for, and had said he would never go back to prison. The film indicates that Clyde set up and drove into the ambush on purpose. This is original and possible.I enjoyed watching this, and I think it is better and more factual than the 1967 W.Beatty movie. The film does portray Bonnie as a fame seeker, and active in shooting people, which goes against historical accounts.They use the false story of Bonnie shooting a cop on the ground , and saying "his head bounced like a rubber ball" a gang member who was there said this was not true, but at the time this story was used to get the public to not like Bonnie and Clyde, and it worked. So if you get a chance watch this , it is a good film.