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  • Naked Lunch
  • Opened December 27, 1991 | Runtime:1 hr. 55 min.
  • R
  • Blank-faced bug killer Bill Lee (Peter Weller) and his dead-eyed wife, Joan (Judy Davis), like to get high on Bill's pest poisons while lounging with Beat poet pals. After meeting the devilish Dr. Benway (Roy Scheider), Bill gets a drug made from a Read More
  • Cast: Peter Weller, Judy Davis, Ian Holm, Julian Sands, Roy Scheider
  • Director: David Cronenberg
  • Genres: Erotic Drama, Avant-garde / Experimental, Addiction Drama, Surrealist Film

Naked Lunch Critic Reviews

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  • 90
    Variety |

    Stretching himself with each new work, David Cronenberg has come up with a...

  • 80
    Washington Post | Hal Hinson

    There's a synergistic overlap here between Cronenberg's own particular brand of...

  • 78
    Austin Chronicle | Marjorie Baumgarten

    Ultimately, Naked Lunch is more about the act of writing, while the original is...

  • 70
    The New York Times | Janet Maslin

    For the most part this is a coolly riveting film and even a darkly entertaining...

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