STAR RATINGS EXPLAINED

Classic

Excellent

Good

Fair

Tragic

FILM DETAILS

Certificate 18

Cast Martin Sheen Sissy Spacek Warren Oates Ramon Bieri

Directors Terrence Malick

Screenwriters Terrence Malick

Running Time 94 minutes

Badlands (18)

Plot
A fictionalised account of the Charles Starkweather murders as a quietly psychotic garbageman and his daydreaming girlfriend take to the road after killing her father.

Verdict
Achingly evocative of a time when Hollywood had the courage to invest in complex and morally ambiguous films and an indisputable masterpiece of American cinema.


Reviewer: Rob Fraser

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