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Johnny Suede (1992)
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Reviews Counted:10
Fresh:5
Rotten:5
Average Rating:5/10
Runtime: 1 hr 37 mins
Genre: Comedies
Synopsis: With his hair in a pompadour and sporting his trademark suede shoes, Johnny Suede dreams of becoming a pop star like his idol Ricky Nelson. Oblivious to his surroundings and his life as a house... With his hair in a pompadour and sporting his trademark suede shoes, Johnny Suede dreams of becoming a pop star like his idol Ricky Nelson. Oblivious to his surroundings and his life as a house painter in Brooklyn, Johnny inhabits a fantasy world all his own. Then he meets a woman who could help him get a record deal, but heartbreak soon follows. It takes a more down-to-earth schoolteacher to bring him back to reality. [More]
Starring: Brad Pitt, Catherine Keener, Calvin Levels, Alison Moir
Starring: Brad Pitt, Catherine Keener, Calvin Levels, Alison Moir, Nick Cave, Tina Louise
Director: Tom DiCillo
Director: Tom DiCillo
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Reviews for Johnny Suede
Pitt's tendency to turn into a space cadet without a well-defined archetype to play slows the movie's pacing to a crawl
Super odd indie flick with the worst movie hairdo ever, until Bill Murray did Kingpin.
A bizarre, idiosyncratic fable that combines Jarmusch's minimalist style (DiCillo was Jarmusch's lender), David Lynch's Erasrerhead-like James Dean anti-hero (well-played by the young Brad Pitt), and stylistic elements of German Expressionism
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