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Fool for Love

Play trailer Poster for Fool for Love R,  1985,  1h 45m,  Drama Play Trailer Watchlist
Watchlist 79% 14 Reviews Tomatometer 45% 1,000+ Ratings Popcornmeter
79% Tomatometer 14 Reviews 45% Popcornmeter 1,000+ Ratings
Forbidden lovers (Sam Shepard, Kim Basinger) meet at a Western motel in a version of Sam Shepard's play.

Critics Reviews

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Noel Murray AV Club May 13, 2004
Fool For Love is too removed from the real world to connect as more than a spooky, extradimensional love story. Go to Full Review
Vincent Canby New York Times May 20, 2003
4/5
Though most of the tension of the theatrical presentation is gone, the movie preserves a lot of the play's lunatic humor. It also understands the Shepard concern for characters who have somehow found themselves cut loose from any social roots. Go to Full Review
Roger Ebert Chicago Sun-Times Jan 1, 2000
3/4
With Fool for Love, he has succeeded on two levels that seem opposed to each other. He has made a melodrama, almost a soap opera, in which the characters achieve a kind of nobility. Go to Full Review
Kathy Fennessy Video Librarian Magazine Jun 25, 2021
2.5/4
Disappointing aspects aside, the film isn't a complete misfire, and fans of Altman, Shepard, and Basinger will surely find it of interest. Go to Full Review
Frank J. Avella Edge Media Network Jun 8, 2021
A-
Altman's evocative and unique manner of shooting truly does the story justice, and he adds layers of intrigue that turns the work into something poetic. Go to Full Review
Nick Davis Nick's Flick Picks Jul 1, 2011
B+
The basic friction between Altman's lightness and Shepard's portentousness serves the movie in rich and ever-expanding ways, and not just because you can't ever predict how the narrative will swerve. Go to Full Review
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Abraham L Sep 16, 2017 A fairly confusing but bravely filmed movie.
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Fool for Love

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Cast & Crew

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Robert Altman

Director

Sam Shepard

Eddie

Kim Basinger

May

Harry Dean Stanton

Old Man

Randy Quaid

Martin

Martha Crawford

May's Mother

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Fool for Love

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Movie Info

Synopsis Forbidden lovers (Sam Shepard, Kim Basinger) meet at a Western motel in a version of Sam Shepard's play.
Director
Robert Altman
Producer
Menahem Golan, Yoram Globus
Screenwriter
Sam Shepard
Production Co
Cannon Films
Rating
R
Genre
Drama
Original Language
English
Release Date (Streaming)
Mar 22, 2018
Runtime
1h 45m
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