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Information
- Year
- 1982
- Runtime
- 90 min.
- Director
- Paul Bartel
- Genre
- Comedy
- Rating *
- 6.8
- Votes *
- 4,834
- Checks
- 1,014
- Favs
- 58
- Dislikes
- 17
- Favs/checks
- 5.7% (1:17)
- Favs/dislikes
- 3:1
Top comments
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Siskoid
Paul Bartel's Eating Raoul is a very weird comedy, and I'm giving it full marks for being a consistent surprise in terms of both plot and tone. Bartel himself and cult actress Mary Woronov play a repressed couple trapped in a world of perverts, their building bustling with swingers, and every male character sexually harassing Woronov in due course. They dream of owning a restaurant, and quite by accident, they start a murder spree, which quickly becomes a revenue stream. Bartel shows us a world of moral ambivalence where everyone, good and bad, is essentially a sociopath, with a lack of mean-spiritedness from the leads the only reason this isn't a wretched experience. Instead, it's absurd and amusing. Also notable is the introduction of Robert Beltran as Raoul, a sexy, confident thief who crosses paths with the couple and becomes a big part of their lives. Looking at this, I'm even more sorry he was saddled with the going-nowhere character of Chakotay on Star Trek: Voyager. He's got a lot more going on here. 4 years 7 months ago -
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