The Honeymoon Killers

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Feb 1, 2019 The best thrilling movie ever made!

Albus P Sep 1, 2018 What do you do when a film is about late 1940s and the props, and cars and things are from the 1960's? Nothing but enjoy this show. The film is based on a true story, about the dangers of those lonely heart columns Tries hard to be a crime film, and succeeds in a way, almost laughable at times, . See more

Hagrid G Jan 27, 2018 Interesting if flawed film deserves it's cult status. Shirley Stoler plays an obese nurse who teams up with her toupee-wearing gigolo boyfriend, Tony Lo Bianco, to romance and swindle money from lonely rich women. Writer/director Leonard Kastle made this film in response to "Bonnie & Clyde," which he felt was too romanticized of a young-lovers-on-the-run crime story. Kastle instead makes this a gritty, black & white, kitchen sink drama type of film that often seems intentionally repellent and off putting to it's audience, which I quite liked. What I didn't like was Stoler's over-the-top performance, which seemed more appropriately placed into a low-budget John Waters film than a legitimate drama. Despite her over-acting, it's a fascinating tale of jealousies between the two lovers and never knowing who is going to stab who in the back first. An interesting note of trivia is that Martin Scorsese was the original director on this film, but was fired over creative differences. Overall, "The Honeymoon Killers" is a fascinating film and although French New Wave director François Truffaut called this his favorite American film, I'm not sure I'd go quite that far. See more

Kylo P Aug 30, 2017 Far too long-winded and drawn out. It's interesting though in its apparent accuracy.

Hermione L Jan 1, 2017 This low budget release from 1970 is still shot in black and white and has a poor soundtrack that gives it a noir feeling from 1950. The screenplay is not fiction. It is actually based on true events that lead to the electrocution of the killers in 1951. The cast are nobodies but I decided to give the film a go. After all it did have some good reviews and is regarded as a cult film amongst some. I later found out that the original director was Martin Scorsese who was unfortunately fired from the film after a week and replaced by director Leonard Kastle! Anyway it basically follows a lonely nurse who reminded me of the late Hattie Jacques off a Carry On medical film with her strict nursing background and portly demeanour. She places answers an ad in a lonely hearts column and becomes 'friendly with a Spanish guy called Ray. She leaves her home in Mobile, Alabama and joins Ray in New York City from where they fleece other lonely women who answer Ray's advertisements. What made me laugh were they were willing to marry and give up their savings within one meeting! Would Scorsese have made a difference. Obviously it would have been very early in his career but he certainly has more eye for detail. One of the reasons he got fired. See more

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