Claire Dunne One of the worst ways to make a cult movie is to set out to make a cult movie.

Clarissa Mora The tone of this movie is interesting -- the stakes are both dramatic and high, but it's balanced with a lot of fun, tongue and cheek dialogue.

Aneesa Wardle The story, direction, characters, and writing/dialogue is akin to taking a tranquilizer shot to the neck, but everything else was so well done.

Quiet Muffin This movie tries so hard to be funny, yet it falls flat every time. Just another example of recycled ideas repackaged with women in an attempt to appeal to a certain audience.

classicsoncall There seems to be all kind of misdirection in this story, as things you expect to happen never come to pass. For example, I expected Detective Williams (George Dickerson) to be just as much a corrupt cop in the story as the Yellow Man/Detective Gordon (Fred Pickler) turned out to be. And when Jeffrey Beaumont (Kyle MacLachlan) came up with his theory that Frank Booth (Dennis Hopper) kidnapped Dorothy Vallens' (Isabella Rossellini) husband and son, I thought that was just so unlikely that I dismissed the idea out of hand. Turns out both of those assumptions were pretty much blown to bits as things came to pass.For a weirdly strange film with a lot going on, I thought the story was relatively easy to follow if one isn't distracted by the slick filming and Dorothy's bizarre behavior. No stranger to odd roles, Dennis Hopper excels at being a villain, just check him out in such diverse characterizations as "Mad Dog Morgan" and "Kid Blue" in completely different film genres. One hint offered by the script that Frank Booth actually DID cut off the ear of Dorothy's husband was when he remarked "Do it for van Gogh". At that point I had to reconsider my earlier reservations about just how accurate Jeffrey's assumptions would turn out to be.My favorite scene in the picture - Dean Stockwell lip-synching an old Roy Orbison tune 'In Dreams'. It almost looked like Stockwell was camping it up for real except that the voice was distinctively Orbison. The only real question I'd have about the entire picture was the one that set in motion the entire misadventure. How did Dorothy's husband's ear ever wind up in the open field in the first place?

geordiesdad This review is not at all fair as I only watched the first half of the movie but the absolutely DREADFUL AMATEURISH acting of Kyle MacLachlan put me off SO MUCH I was unable to watch the rest. The story is quite good and the other actors are at least 'performing' but Kyle's 'style'...if it is intentional, seems more like a first read-through than a completed job. I realize he's still VERY junior in his acting career at this point but WHY ON EARTH was such an unskilled amateur given such a major role? I'm sorry for the incomplete review and as such it is not really a valid one but with a performance as shoddy as his something has to be said.

greekgod41 I decide to watch this film because of all the hype surrounding it, and after 20 minutes or so I instantly regretted it. By the time the credits arrived I was bored out of my skull, and I consider it a waste of 2 hours I will never get back. As for the much touted nudity and violence?, are you kidding me?, this film was a joke, there was barely any nudity at all, and if that's the viewers cup of tea, you will be far better off watching "Baise Moi", or "All about Anna"....at least those films have far more decent nudity, erotica, and were realistically done The acting was some of the worst I've ever seen, and perhaps the only redeeming feature of this film was Dennis Hopper, yet the acting was so over the top, it was laughable, as if you're watching a bad performance or something.....Dennis Hopper gives a far more gritty performance in the film "Speed" This film was literally boring as heck, and it went nowhere for me Avoid at all costs

Alan Smithee Esq. Voyeurism, singing, warm beer and not your standard damsel in distress. Weird for the sake of being weird? Possibly. A dark and twisted take on a small town boy who happens upon a mystery that stems from an ear covered with ants in a field that he subsequently brings to the local police's attention. Arguably David Lynch's best film but no disputing that it has Dennis Hopper's greatest performance ever. He might tell you not too look at him but it's impossible not to