Lost Highway (1997)
A lost road on the edge of strange...
Lost Highway rating: IMDb, Rotten Tomatoes and Metacritic
IMDb7.6/10· 169K votes
Rotten Tomatoes70%
Metacritic53%
TMDb7.542/10· 3K votesWith 70% on Rotten Tomatoes, backed by 7.6/10 on IMDb and 53/100 on Metacritic, critical reception of this film has been positive.
About Lost Highway
A tormented jazz musician finds himself lost in an enigmatic story involving murder, surveillance, gangsters, doppelgängers, and an impossible transformation inside a prison cell.
Cast of Lost Highway
Patricia Arquette
as Renee Madison / Alice Wakefield
Bill Pullman
as Fred Madison
Balthazar Getty
as Pete Dayton
Robert Blake
as Mystery Man
Robert Loggia
as Mr. Eddy / Dick Laurent
Michael Massee
as Andy
Natasha Gregson Wagner
as Sheila
Richard Pryor
as Arnie
Gary Busey
as Bill Dayton
Lucy Butler
as Candace Dayton
Jack Nance
as Phil
Jack Kehler
as Guard Johnny Mack
Lost Highway facts
- Budget
- $15M
- Box office
- $3.8M
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Audience opinions
What the audience liked
- •David Lynch constructs dreamlike atmosphere layering mystery and dread
- •Surreal narrative structure challenges viewer perception of reality
- •Psychological depth rewards patient analysis of fragmented storytelling
What the audience disliked
- •Ambiguous resolution frustrates audiences seeking conventional narrative closure
- •Slow pacing tests viewer patience despite atmospheric atmospheric direction
Trailer
Where to watch Lost Highway(US)
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