Mulholland Drive (2001)

Mulholland Drive rating: IMDb, Rotten Tomatoes and Metacritic

IMDb7.9/10· 415K votes

Rotten Tomatoes83%

Metacritic87%

TMDb7.803/10· 7K votes

With 83% on Rotten Tomatoes, backed by 7.9/10 on IMDb and 87/100 on Metacritic, critical reception of this film has been positive.

About Mulholland Drive

Blonde Betty Elms has only just arrived in Hollywood to become a movie star when she meets an enigmatic brunette with amnesia. Meanwhile, as the two set off to solve the second woman's identity, filmmaker Adam Kesher runs into ominous trouble while casting his latest project.

Cast of Mulholland Drive

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  Naomi Watts

  as Betty Elms / Diane Selwyn

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  Laura Harring

  as Rita / Camilla Rhodes

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  Justin Theroux

  as Adam

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  Ann Miller

  as Coco

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  Mark Pellegrino

  as Joe

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  Robert Forster

  as Detective McKnight

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  Dan Hedaya

  as Vincenzo Castigliane

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  Angelo Badalamenti

  as Luigi Castigliane

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  Patrick Fischler

  as Dan

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  Brent Briscoe

  as Detective Domgaard

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  Michael Cooke

  as Herb

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  Monty Montgomery

  as Cowboy

Mulholland Drive facts

Budget

$15M

Box office

$20.3M

Our take on Mulholland Drive

David Lynch's 2001 mystery follows bright-eyed Betty, newly arrived in Hollywood to become a star, who crosses paths with an amnesiac brunette; as the two try to piece together the stranger's identity, a filmmaker named Adam runs into ominous trouble casting his latest project. This is dream logic as narrative, a puzzle-box drama that dissolves and reassembles rather than explains. Lynch trades clean resolution for mood, doubling, and creeping unease, so it rewards patient viewers who savor ambiguity and are willing to interpret rather than be told. Newcomers to his work should expect disorientation by design. For lovers of atmosphere and enigma, it remains endlessly rewatchable and debated.