Roger Ebert
The movie stars Matt Dillon, in one of the great recent American movie performances.
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Drugstore Cowboy
Portland, Oregon, 1971. Bob Hughes is the charismatic leader of a peculiar quartet, formed by his wife, Dianne, and another couple, Rick and Nadine, who skilfully steal from drugstores and hospital medicine cabinets in order to appease their insatiable need for drugs. But neither fun nor luck last forever. Directed by Gus Van Sant (Good Will Hunting), and starring Matt Dillon (There's Something About Mary) and Kelly Lynch (Road House).
1989Rating: R98 minsUSA
CrimeDramaFestival & Independent
Drugstore Cowboy / Reviews
The Washington Post
Ultimately it's Dillon who has the biggest score; he makes this stark trip a heady, hopeful one.
Full reviewChicago Reader
All the actors are used expertly, but it's Burroughs, cropping up near the end, who articulates the film's sociopolitical moral in a contemporary context.
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