Eating Raoul

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Eating Raoul

R,

1982,

1h 23m,

Comedy

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85%

20 Reviews

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5,000+ Ratings

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71%

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5,000+ Ratings

The absurd Blandslure swingers home to be conked by a skillet, robbed and removed by Raoul.

Critics Consensus

Eating Raoul serves up its spectacularly lurid tale with a healthy heaping of pitch-black humor and anarchic vigor.

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Bruce McCabe

Boston Globe

Apr 27, 2018

Paul Bartel's Eating Raoul is about lurid sex, murder, cannibalism and greed. It's also the best comedy of the fall season.

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Roger Ebert

Chicago Sun-Times

Oct 23, 2004

2/4

Problem is, it's so laid-back it eventually gets monotonous. If the style and pacing had been as outrageous as the subject matter, we might have had something really amazing here.

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Cole Smithey

ColeSmithey.com

Feb 13, 2017

A-

Made on a non-existent budget, here is a kick right in Hollywood's bloated butt.

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Matthew Sorrento

Film Threat

Nov 26, 2012

4/5

Nicely lays out capitalism on the chopping block. In an obsessively consumptive culture like America's, the only way for a common couple to strive is through killing, then consuming.

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James Kendrick

Q Network Film Desk

Oct 9, 2012

2.5/4

Despite the consistency of the film's droll take on murder and mayhem, it still feels oddly uneven and skimpy, as if there just isn't quite enough meat on its narrative bones.

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Lori Hoffman

Atlantic City Weekly

Mar 16, 2007

3/5

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Feb 1, 2019

The best comedy movie ever made!

Finn P

Nov 7, 2018

This film was almost good.

Harry P

Apr 20, 2018

"Eating Raoul" is an odd little dark comedy about a conservative couple trying to survive in a Los Angeles swingers scene by murdering and robbing various people and a locksmith wants in on their game but at a price. The two main actors Mary Woronov and Paul Bartlet (who also wrote and directed the film) have great chemistry. The film states they've been married for 10 years and I believe it. Robert Beltran performance as Raoul is a bit stereotypical but he still manages to make it work. The rest of the cast is all solid and if they're not they don't stay very long. The real gold in this movie though is its writing. It can be laugh out loud funny and subtle in any scene delivered perfectly. The film is rather short at 83 minutes but its never dull for a moment. If you're a fan of dark humor and independent films "Eating Raoul" will serve up plenty of entertainment.

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Rey S

Nov 15, 2017

It has very cheesy and ill acted moments at times but it adds to the charm and comedy of the movie. Very cynical movie that doesn't take itself very seriously. The whole story line is pretty outlandish but original. Killing swingers and making a profit from doing so - pretty cooky stuff. Good funny movie.

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Han R

Jul 1, 2017

The glands kill "perverts" too much finance their restaurant. Raoul helps dispose of the bodies.

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Paul Bartel

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Paul Bartel

Paul Bland

Mary Woronov

Mary Bland

Robert Beltran

Raoul Mendoza

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Richard Paul

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Synopsis

The absurd Blandslure swingers home to be conked by a skillet, robbed and removed by Raoul.

Director: Paul Bartel
Producer: Anne Kimmel
Screenwriter: Paul Bartel, Richard Blackburn
Production Co: Bartel
Rating: R
Genre: Comedy
Original Language: English
Release Date (Streaming): May 22, 2017
Runtime: 1h 23m

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