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From Dusk Till Dawn

From Dusk Till Dawn (1996)

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Average Rating: 6/10
Reviews Counted: 44
Fresh: 28 | Rotten: 16

A pulpy crime drama/vampire film hybrid, From Dusk Till Dawn is an uneven but often deliriously enjoyable B-movie.

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Average Rating: 5.1/10
Critic Reviews: 11
Fresh: 6 | Rotten: 5

A pulpy crime drama/vampire film hybrid, From Dusk Till Dawn is an uneven but often deliriously enjoyable B-movie.

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Average Rating: 3.4/5
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In this action-horror flick from director Robert Rodriguez and screenwriter Quentin Tarantino, Tarantino stars with George Clooney as a pair of bad-to-the-bone brothers named Seth and Richie Gecko. After a string of robberies that left a river of blood in the Geckos' wake, the sadistic siblings head to Mexico to live the good life. To get over the border, they kidnap Jacob Fuller, a widowed preacher played by Harvey Keitel, and his two children, Kate (Juliette Lewis) and Scott (Ernest Liu). Once

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Drama, Horror, Mystery & Suspense

Jun 16, 1998

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All Critics (44) | Top Critics (11) | Fresh (28) | Rotten (16) | DVD (18)

Imagine two movies plucked from opposite sides of the video store.

November 18, 2008 Full Review Source: Entertainment Weekly
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A deliriously trashy, exuberantly vulgar, lavishly appointed exploitation picture, this weird combo of road-kill movie and martial-arts vampire gorefest is made to order for the stimulation of teenage boys.

November 18, 2008 Full Review Source: Variety
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On a mindless exploitation level this is pretty good, but on other levels it seems to make promises that it fails to deliver on.

November 18, 2008 Full Review Source: Chicago Reader
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A tired, humorless pastiche of various exploitation genres that is not the least bit imaginative in its campy deconstruction of conventions.

November 18, 2008 | Comments (5)
Washington Post
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Rodriguez has a lot of fun dreaming up cool ways to kill people (he's making this his life's work), but he also gets something resembling a performance from Tarantino and transforms Clooney into a full-fledged movie star.

January 26, 2006 Full Review Source: Time Out
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Mr. Rodriguez demonstrates his talents more clearly than ever -- he's visually inventive, quick-witted and a fabulous editor -- while still hampering himself with sophomoric material.

May 20, 2003 Full Review Source: New York Times
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Based on an early Tarantino script, Rodriguez' movie is an incoherent B-pic, in which the sensibilities of the two filmmakers clash.

April 26, 2011 Full Review Source: EmanuelLevy.Com
EmanuelLevy.Com

It is a shame to see so much good talent giving such low-yield results.

April 17, 2009 Full Review Source: Cinefantastique
Cinefantastique

Energetic low-budget vampire nonsense from Robert Rodriguez and Quentin Tarantino.

November 18, 2008 Full Review Source: Film4
Film4

If you're going to like it, you already know it.

November 18, 2008 Full Review Source: TV Guide's Movie Guide
TV Guide's Movie Guide

Nihilistic and initally unpleasant ... Once the vampires appear (unfortunately about 60 minutes too late), the movie becomes uproarious entertaiment with the most intense humans vs. vampires showdown since 1985's Fright Night.

April 7, 2007 | Comments (2)
FulvueDrive-in.com

Like a Cheesecake Blizzard: It's a pulpy mess loaded with empty calories, but it's so divine that once you start, you can't help but shovel it into your mouth until the last drop, brain freeze and diet be damned.

July 28, 2006 Full Review Source: Arizona Daily Star
Arizona Daily Star

These guys were going for a B-movie feel, lots of blood, lots of guts, lots of tits and ass, and lots of fun, and for the most part, they achieved their goals.

June 2, 2006 Full Review Source: JoBlo's Movie Emporium
JoBlo's Movie Emporium

This is a B-movie, albeit a largish budget B-movie, but with an undeniable B-movie spirit.

May 26, 2006 Full Review Source: Combustible Celluloid
Combustible Celluloid

Ask yourself "am I the kind of person who finds topless vampire strippers a source of constant amusement?" Only those who answer an enthusiastic "YES!" need apply.

April 14, 2003
Flipside Movie Emporium

I can think of worse things to sit through than an orgy of bullets, exploding corpses, and stripper vampires.

March 19, 2003 Full Review Source: eFilmCritic.com
eFilmCritic.com

This film is 'exploitation' in more than one sense of the word.

January 20, 2003 Full Review
rec.arts.movies.reviews

A weird double-bill in itself: Part one's a crime drama, part two vampire splatter flick. It's an awkward pairing, but there's fun to be had.

January 9, 2003
New Times

You got to admire how Rodriguez balances elements of action, comedy, horror, thriller, road movie and Western in the same film!

September 10, 2002 Full Review Source: Montreal Film Journal
Montreal Film Journal

Audience Reviews for From Dusk Till Dawn

You can't help but feel that writer Tarantino and director Robert Rodriguez accomplished exactly what they were trying to do with 'From Dusk Till Dawn'. A great B-movie picture, the film is filled with the violence and camp one would expect from such a movie in its final third. The problem is that there is no sense of cohesion or smooth transition between the two genres. The first half of the film feels like a gritty thriller filled with a great performance from Clooney, some well-written dialogue, and important character development. The second half is a blood-fueled mess of vampires and holy water that rarely allows any dialogue at all. It's messy, but you could say its a lot of fun. It's safe to say you won't really see another movie quite like 'From Dusk Till Dawn'.
January 22, 2013
Kase Vollebregt

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"I have finally seen the movie all the way through. I usually would catch the middle or ending on T.V. I really do appreciate all the good stuff I find on Netflix.
The movie is bloody, silly, funny, and very entertaining. The special effects are crap, but I didn't mind it considering the year the film was made. Tarantino and Clooney are a great match in my opinion. I thought they were great together. I really liked Juliette Lewis in this as well. Some of the acting was really bad and cheesy, but I guess it was supposed to be considering how silly it all was. I would have actually liked this more if it stayed a thriller instead of a vampire flick. But it was still a fun watch. I would see this again."
April 27, 2009
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    1. Carlos: So, what, were they psychos, or...
    2. Seth Gecko: Did they look like psychos? Is that what they looked like? They were vampires. Psychos do not explode when sunlight hits them, I don't give a fuck how crazy they are!
    – Submitted by Lucas C (5 months ago)
    1. Seth Gecko: OK vampire killers, lets kill some fucking vampires!
    – Submitted by Brice B (5 months ago)
    1. Richard Gecko: That's what I call a show!
    – Submitted by John C (9 months ago)
    1. Kate Fuller: Richie, would you me a favor and eat my pussy for me? Please?
    2. Richard Gecko: Uhhh, sure...
    – Submitted by Jeremy F (9 months ago)
    1. Kate Fuller: Are you okay?
    2. Seth Gecko: Peachy, Kate. The world's my oyster, except for the fact that I just rammed a wooden stake in my brother's heart because he turned into a vampire, even though I don't believe in vampires. Aside from that unfortunate business, everything's hunky-dory.
    – Submitted by Karen M (10 months ago)
    1. Santanico Pandemonium: I'm not gonna drain you completely. You're gonna turn for me. You'll be my slave. You'll live for me. You'll eat bugs because I order it. Why? Because I don't think you're worthy of human blood. You'll feed on the blood of stray dogs. You'll be my foot stool. And at my command, you'll lick the dog shit from my boot heel. Since you'll be my dog, your new name will be 'Spot'. Welcome to slavery.
    2. Seth Gecko: No, thanks. I've already had a wife.
    – Submitted by Karen M (10 months ago)

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