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One of my all time favorites.

There's no way I can possibly love it entirely but I just think its ridiculously bad, but enjoyable at the same time.

Amazing worth wacthing. So good. Biased but well made with many good points.

Story: It's very simple but honestly that is fine.

The original movie was a lot of fun, due largely to the great soundtrack. I bought the DVD because I feared my old video tape would break. I discovered that the DVD version was TERRIBLE! All the great music had been replaced by awful elevator muzak. This practice should be illegal! There was NO warning on the packaging that I wasn't buying the original product. I give the original version an 8, I give the cheapo ripoff newer version a 2. So I averaged it a 5. The original movie was a lot of fun, due largely to the great soundtrack. I bought the DVD because I feared my old video tape would break. I discovered that the DVD version was TERRIBLE! All the great music had been replaced by awful elevator muzak. This practice should be illegal! There was NO warning on the packaging that I wasn't buying the original product. I give the original version an 8, I give the cheapo ripoff newer version a 2. So I averaged it a 5.

Very interesting to see everybody's opinion on this film...from the Murray fan's who know nothing of Thompson to the Thompson fans who think nothing of Murray. To those who have seen both Buffalo and FnL, it should be apparent that either HST really acted like that, or Depp just copied Murray. Either way, this film falls just short of passable only due to Linson's mis-direction...The film seems to serve better as a pastiche of popular Thompson pieces rather than a cohesive succession of events...with no overarching direction, the movie dovetails into preachy idealism and disjointed plot angles that ultimately don't arrive at a narrative conclusion...Still, as has been the common disclaimer, the movie is necessary for anyone who considers themselves to be rabid HST fans...It should be noted, also, that several critics, and even HST himself, have hinted, if not completely insinuated, that his use of drugs in his work, to an extent, was exaggerated for numerous reasons, not the least of which is to expand and authoritative his voice as that of his disgruntled generation...I cringe when I see so many people who seem to be more fascinated by his drug use than his actual body of work...Obviously he used a fair amount of drugs in his life, but it seems to have cast a permanent, impenetrable shadow over his legacy, as if using copious amounts of drugs somehow solidified his credibility...I like drugs, but this misunderstanding of HST and his work is demeaning both to his family and his future...

I am a huge HST fan. I've read all 3 of the gonzo papers + fear and loathing, hells angels and also The Rum Diary. I bought this film cause I'm kind of becoming a completist at this stage on Thompson. I've bought everything in site of his and loved devouring every word. This film however is embarrassing. It has some really good moments but far too many "Yeah man I'm like . . stoned" moments. Its cringe worthy. In my opinion the definitive film on HST is yet to be made. It wasn't Fear And Loathing with Depp and it certainly isn't this. On the plus side, Murray does a very impressive Thompson but many moments in this film are just cringe worthy. Think Bill and Ted meets Fear And Loathing on the Campaign Trail. An awful shame but I would still say its worth owning if you can get it cheap. Id suggest a fair price for this would be about 10 euros. Other than that go buy a book.

I saw this movie on TV before I'd read anything by Hunter S. Thompson, and even knowing virtually nothing about his work, I knew that the movie had been watered down in the extreme. Far too much was done to try and make the characters of Thompson and Lazlo palatable to movie-going audiences and make them more sympathetic characters when part of the charm of Thompson's writing is how unrepentant he was about all the various insane/illegal/antisocial activities which he described in his writing.Not only was this movie bland, but its production values were virtually non-existent. It looks like it could have been made-for-TV.It succeeds best in the scenes where Murray portray's Thompson's casual insanity. It fails by trying to turn Thomspon into some kind of lovable rogue -- which he certainly was not.