Wild at Heart (1990)
A wild and crazy love story.
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Wild at Heart rating: IMDb, Rotten Tomatoes and Metacritic
IMDb7.2/10· 109K votes
Rotten Tomatoes66%
Metacritic52%
TMDb7.037/10· 2K votesWith 66% on Rotten Tomatoes, backed by 7.2/10 on IMDb and 52/100 on Metacritic, critical reception of this film has been mixed.
About Wild at Heart
Young lovers Sailor and Lula hit the road to start a new life together away from the wrath of Lula’s deranged, disapproving mother, who has hired a team of hitmen to cut the lovers’ surreal honeymoon short.
Cast of Wild at Heart
Nicolas Cage
as Sailor
Laura Dern
as Lula
Willem Dafoe
as Bobby Peru
Diane Ladd
as Marietta Fortune
Harry Dean Stanton
as Johnnie Farragut
J.E. Freeman
as Marcelles Santos
Isabella Rossellini
as Perdita Durango
Grace Zabriskie
as Juana Durango
Calvin Lockhart
as Reggie
William Morgan Sheppard
as Mr. Reindeer
Crispin Glover
as Dell
Sheryl Lee
as The Good Witch
Wild at Heart facts
- Budget
- $9.5M
- Box office
- $14.6M
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Audience opinions
What the audience liked
- •Dark comedy romance explores forbidden love with edgy tone
- •David Lynch brings distinctive artistic vision to crime narrative
- •Bank robbery premise combines crime thriller with romantic elements
What the audience disliked
- •Critical tone alienates audiences seeking conventional romantic narrative
- •Unconventional storytelling frustrates viewers seeking clear plot resolution
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