Wild at Heart

1990, R, 127 min. Directed by David Lynch. Starring Nicolas Cage, Laura Dern, Diane Ladd, Willem Dafoe, Isabella Rossellini, Harry Dean Stanton, Crispin Glover.

REVIEWED By Marjorie Baumgarten, Fri., Jan. 11, 1991

David Lynch doesn't tell stories as much as he shows hallucinations. Weird, wild, excessive, obsessive, idiosyncratic visions. Lynch's quirky world view taps deep into the unconscious, drawing passions and reactions from viewers in a moody and thoroughly film-articulated way.

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