One of the crappiest films of all time. Yet somehow, inexplicably, it's also one of the coolest films of all time . . . like reading a really bad Japanese comic book on acid
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03/20/03
The Adventures of Buckaroo Banzai Across the 8th Dimension (1984)
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Reviews Counted:34
Fresh:24
Rotten:10
Average Rating:6.6/10
Runtime: 1 hr 43 mins
Genre: Science-Fiction/Fantasy
Synopsis: A wild, unpredictable and witty sci-fi comedy in which the survival of the entire human race hinges on the efforts of one man--Buckaroo Banzai. Buckaroo (Peter Weller) possesses an unusual number... [More]
Starring: Peter Weller, John Lithgow, Christopher Lloyd, Ellen Barkin
Director: W.D. Richter
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Reviews for The Adventures of Buckaroo Banzai Across the 8th...
Still can't believe this silly loser gained a cult reputation
03/14/03
Wonderfully fun, albeit markedly chaotic and incoherent.
03/10/03
The characters each look like they are from a first generation music video, speak like they are in a work of serious science-fiction, and sound like a stepchild to Huey Lewis and the News ...
12/19/02
No review available.
10/25/02
The pinnacle of gonzo camp cult classics.
10/02/02
No review available.
08/21/02
Buckaroo Banzai seems stranded in an alternate dimension where films don’t need to have a solid perspective to exist.
03/05/02
This is one of the few instances where I would have preferred to see a tremendously extended version because what’s onscreen is promising but incomplete.
02/08/02
The best thing about a movie this wilfully silly is that it never patronizes its audience for loving it and in the end, that might be the best reason for giving it a chance.
01/22/02
Screams cult classic through and through
12/30/01
They just don’t make them like this anymore.
05/12/01
[It] aims for wackiness and weirdness and probably attains it, but to be honest, it is a rather soulless piece of entertainment.
01/01/00
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