STAR RATINGS EXPLAINED

Classic

Excellent

Good

Fair

Tragic

FILM DETAILS

Certificate 15

Cast Billy Bob Thornton Winona Ryder Mickey Rourke

Directors

Screenwriters

Running Time 98 minutes

The Informers (15)

Plot
An intwining array of characters (an ageing newsreader, a big-shot Hollywood player, a drug-addled rocker, a dissolute doorman) live fast in '80s LA.

Verdict
With heavy-handed moralising and vacuous characters, this is Ellis' acerbic satire with its venom drawn.


Reviewer: Nev Pierce

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