Actuakers One of my all time favorites.

Huievest Instead, you get a movie that's enjoyable enough, but leaves you feeling like it could have been much, much more.

Mabel Munoz Just intense enough to provide a much-needed diversion, just lightweight enough to make you forget about it soon after it’s over. It’s not exactly “good,” per se, but it does what it sets out to do in terms of putting us on edge, which makes it … successful?

Jenna Walter The film may be flawed, but its message is not.

Asif Khan (asifahsankhan) "Early Grayce" in "Kalifornia" is actually the best Brad Pitt performance to date. To mention Tyler Dyrden is just to get more attention nothing more.Directed by then music video director Sena, KALIFORNIA not only features some of the most memorable lines around ("the amount of times Pitt says, "dips%it" is great), but has a cast that just sucks you right in. We've got our protagonists, Brian Kessler and Carrie Laughlin (A hypnotic pairing of X-FILES star David Duchovny and TRUE BLOOD's Michelle Forbes), a true crime writer and his photographer girlfriend looking to find out why serial killers do the things they do by planning a cross country trip across the United States in order to visit the scenes of said tragedies and turn them into a literary and visual coffee table book of carnage. That alone is worth checking the film out, but what elevates a gritty look at death and nature vs. nurture into a whole other atmosphere, is the film's antagonist, Early Grayce (a pare-LEGENDS OF THE FALL/INTERVIEW WITH THE VAMPIRE stardom era Brad Pitt) and his absent minded girlfriend Adele. Grayce is the opposite of Brian, while Kessler hangs with pretentious art-types and lives in an artists' loft, Early and Adele spend their days in a dirty trailer, dodging both their landlord and Grayce's parole officer. It's a very interesting juxtaposition to see, the four characters and two couples' differences couldn't be any more different from each other.When Brian asks, "How many people have you killed, Early? Early replies, "Well, now, how many people have you seen me kill? And when Brian utters, "None," the reply he gets from Early is, "That's how many I killed."The majority of the film happens out and about, as the essayist and picture taker progressively get to be distinctly mindful of the way of the general population who are sharing the ride. It is here that the film uncovers its significance. A lesser film would basically be a thriller in which the heroes would frantically plan to escape from the executioners in their auto. "Kalifornia" is substantially more unpretentious than that. It's about the interesting interest that a few people feel for the individuals who appear to be harder and that's only the tip of the iceberg "real." Usually the individuals who romanticise in that way have never needed to manage any individual who harms others only for the diversion esteem. The obsession with all things serial killer can be trailed back decades and decades from the fascination with the notorious Manson murders to even the Black Dahlia murder years before. It's a mystery deeply rooted in a lot of us wanderers. "Why do people kill and what enjoyment do they receive from it?" isn't a new question and it's a question and theme that has filled many movies throughout the years.Though I can be found drooling over the magnificence of David Fincher's ZODIAC or reading a barrage of James Ellroy or Jim Thompson novels to pass my dark curiosity, the 1993 Dominic Sena- helm-ed 'KALIFORNIA' is one piece of cinema that always fills that void of serial killer mystique, giving viewers a look at obsession with murder and an interesting answer to the question of "why do people kill?"Fear never travels alone.

ComedyFan2010 It is a thriller about a psychology grad who goes with his girlfriend on a trip to write a book about serial killers and is accompanied by a couple that actually includes a serial killer.I am actually pretty surprised the movie bombed at the box office. It is one of the more intelligent thrillers on the topic and also keeps a very terrifying atmosphere.The acting in the movie is also first class. Brad Pitt is doing one of his strongest performances. And very successfully, I was just grossed out looking at Early, I never saw a Brad Pitt in there. Juliette Lewis also does a great performance as this sweet but incredibly dumb white trash girl. Michelle Forbes and David Duchovny don't get as much praise for their work in Kalifornia, which is not very fair. They simply have characters that are not normal people and not having mental issues, and they did it great. The four characters bring a good balance.The idea is pretty interesting. It is comparing the fascination about murder with the reality of it. It looks into the idea what drives us into doing it. What is the difference between them and us. Some republicans seem to think it is about a liberal who "learned a lesson", but it is not, it is simply about complexity of the situation and humans.Again, too bad it bombed, Dominic Sena would probably be able to create more of these movies. I was very well done and always kept one worried. Great filmed scenes and scenery that all contributed to it.

31416-1 It was a good movie, but also scary, because there are people like that serial killer Early Grayce (Brad Pitt). It started out, when Brian Kissler (David Duchavny)placed a flier on a Pennsylvania state College bulletin, about someone going to Kalifornia (California) with him and his girlfriend Carrie (Michelle Forbes). The serial killer Grayce saw that ad on his way to an interview for the janitorial position there. Grayce quickly answered the call. Kissler took him and his girlfriend Adele (Juliette Lewis)in. Carrie was not thrilled about picking up those two without doing a background check. Soon dead bodies start popping up. Will any or all of three heading to California become murder victims themselves? Watch it to find out!

seymourblack-1 "Kalifornia" is a violent road movie that features two couples who, for different reasons, want to move to California to make a fresh start. The couples come from different social classes and are worlds apart in terms of education and sophistication. These differences and other tensions that exist between them as individuals, create a consistently strained atmosphere which becomes even more intense as they gradually start to learn more about each other.Brian Kessler (David Duchovny) is a psychology graduate who, having written a well-received magazine article about serial killers is given an advance to write a book on the subject. His girlfriend Carrie Laughlin (Michelle Forbes), who's an aspiring photographer, wants to move to California and so they plan to use their cross-country trip to visit famous murder sites to gather material for Brian's book. As they don't have sufficient funds to pay for their trip, Brian places an advertisement on the bulletin board of the local University for anyone who'd like to make the same journey and share the costs.Brian's ad is answered by Early Grayce (Brad Pitt), an unemployed ex-con who's just killed his landlord because he was demanding payment of rent money that was owed to him. When Brian and Michelle go to pick up Early and his girlfriend Adele (Juliette Lewis), Michelle's first impulse is to pull out of the agreement as Early and Adele look impoverished and common. Brian, however, is anxious to get on with the trip and persuades Michelle to put her concerns to one side.Brian is a man who likes to think the best of everyone and believes that murderers are victims of their backgrounds which have effectively made them into killers. He's absolutely fascinated by murderers and enjoys studying their motivations. During the journey to California, he slowly starts to become aware of the real nature of his travelling companions and things turn extremely violent and scary before he discovers why he has such an intense interest in killing and also has to re-think some of his long-held views.Brad Pitt puts an incredible amount of energy and drive into his role as the embodiment of pure evil and is completely convincing as a psychopath who simply does whatever his instincts dictate. Michelle Forbes does a great deal of frowning and scowling as the cold, pretentious Carrie who's a voyeur and can't help being fascinated by things that she also finds repulsive. She's hard and cynical and even her hairstyle is severe! David Duchovny is good as the naive and gullible Brian who learns more about his specialist subject than he could ever have imagined and Juliette Lewis is amazing as the tragic, undereducated young woman with a traumatic background which has left her so damaged that she sees the manipulative Early as being a well-meaning man who's dedicated to protecting her."Kalifornia" is stylishly made, fast moving and beautifully photographed but certain passages are also uncomfortable to watch. Its real strength lies in its characters who make it compelling from start to finish.