Interview with the Vampire (1994)
Interview with the Vampire (1994)
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Critic Consensus: Despite lacking some of the book's subtler shadings, and suffering from some clumsy casting, Interview with a Vampire benefits from Neil Jordan's atmospheric direction and a surfeit of gothic thrills.
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Cast
as Lestat
as Louis
as Malloy
as Claudia
as Santiago
as Armand
as Madeleine
as Yvette
as Prostitute on Waterfront
as New Orleans Whore
as Pimp
as Tavern Girl
as Widow St. Clair
as Gambler
as Widow's Lover
as Plague Victim Bearer
as Maid
as Widow St. Clair
as 2nd New Orleans Whore
as Woman in Square
as Piano Teacher
as Dollmaker
as Creole Woman
as Paris Vampire
as Paris Vampire
as Paris Vampire
as Paris Vampire
as Paris Vampire
as Paris Vampire
as Estelle
as Paris Vampire
as Paris Vampire
as Paris Vampire
as Paris Vampire
as Estelle
as Mortal Woman on Stage
as Woman in Audience
as Mortal Boy
Critic Reviews for Interview with the Vampire
All Critics (51) | Top Critics (11) | Fresh (31) | Rotten (20) | DVD (5)
It's about seduction, and either you succumb to its inky entrapments or you resist. When its mojo was working, I was happy to be had.
Why would Tom Cruise be playing Lestat, a gaunt, suave European vampire with a taste for young men? Because a big movie star can do whatever he wants.
The leading performances, if acceptable, are not everything they needed to be to fully flesh out these elegant immortals.
The major problem lies with Rice's own script, which is dramatically repetitive and philosophically banal.
Interview with the Vampire promises a constantly surprising vampire story, and it keeps that promise.
For all its visionary brilliance, the movie version of Interview never lets us close enough to see ourselves in Louis. We're dazzled but unmoved.
Audience Reviews for Interview with the Vampire
A gloomy, romantic vampire story with an elegant dialogue and a sensual Gothic atmosphere that makes us want to know more and more about those dark creatures. Still, the film suffers from some serious miscasting - except for Dunst, who is pretty good.
Super Reviewer
Action-packed from first to last. Tom Cruise is so good at being a psycho. How did we not see this earlier??
Super Reviewer
A vampire from born in New Orleans in the 18th century tells the tale of his life to an incredulous reporter. Anne Rice's own adaptation of her novel is quite literary which tempers the melodrama to give it quite a theatrical feel, added to by a good supporting cast; Tom Cruise actually gives one of his more characterful performances and is clearly enjoying himself as the rakish Lestat. It's obviously mainly about the eye candy and gothic romanticism for the benefit of the ladies, but there is also some great period detail and interesting themes running through it; particularly the eternal child and links between voyeurism and violence. A VERY young Kirsten Dunst gives a mature performance as Louie's unwilling child/love although I felt Banderas' character was underused. It's brooding, atmospheric and has a nice line in black but playful humour and is far superior to the vast majority of it's many, many copycats.
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Interview with the Vampire Quotes
| Louis: | My God, I've failed again. |
| Claudia: | Which of you did it? Which of you made me the way I am? |
| Claudia: | You dress me like a doll. You make my hair like a doll. Why? You want me to be a doll forever?! |
| Louis: | Claudia ~ don't... |
| Louis: | Claudia, don't. |
| Claudia: | WHY NOT?! (cuts her hair) Can't I change like everybody else? |
| Claudia: | Why not? Can't I change like everybody else? |
| Lestat: | I enjoy it. Take you aesthete's taste to purer things. Kill them swiftly if you will, but do it! For now doubt, you are a killer, Louis! |
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