Bonnie und Clyde

Eine amoralische Rebell-Unterhaltung mit einer sehr sympathischen Starbesetzung. Das Herz des Films ist die over-the-top Chemie zwischen Beatty und Dunaway. So etwas wie Easy Rider, nur ohne Drogenkonsum und Sex, aber dafür mit Diebstählen und Schießereien. Es ist bemerkenswert, dass es den Autoren gelungen ist, ein so ernstes Thema so entspannt und menschlich zu behandeln. Tarantino mag diesen Film bestimmt sehr. (19.02.2010)

Bonnie and Clyde - a priceless story. Romeo and Juliet “gangsta"-style. But we don’t find anything like that in Penn’s offering. Instead of character psychology and motivation, we see just illogical leaps in behavior (We’re gonna rob a bank, want to come along? Sure thing!). And instead of fateful love and mutual, sparking chemistry, it’s a one woman show with Faye Dunaway, who overshadows Warren Beatty so much that it is painfully clear that the movie could have done without him. Plus, in my opinion, the omnipresent “redneck" tone buried a lot of the scenes. It doesn’t matter in principle. It’s just a shame that they didn’t approach it more sensitively. The worst part is the scene with the shootout between the Barrow gang with Blanche running about like a headless chicken with the ax. This is the epitome of movie awkwardness for me. Luckily the works nicely, it has style and mainly Faye who holds everything together, in spite of Beatty. (21.12.2009)

Es ist lange her, dass ich mich gezwungen habe, diese Verpflichtung zu projizieren, und noch länger, dass wir an der Uni darüber gestritten haben, wie überbewertet das Thema ist. Aber der Überinterpretation sind keine Grenzen gesetzt. Warum hätte sich das Ganze nicht in Bonnies Fantasie abspielen können, wenn die Schlüsselszenen ihrer Begegnung mit Clyde so subjektiviert sind? Aha. (06.06.2014)

An excellent gangster flick that certainly had a great influence on the next generation of filmmakers. Faye Dunaway was damn handsome, and Gene Hackman, in perhaps his most likeable role, gives the film the necessary insight and comfort. The ubiquitous gunfights and car chases are depicted rather crudely for their time, and the tragic ending is chilling, sad, yet somehow right and necessary. It’s a shame that only few people have watched it. I can only recommend it. (25.02.2012)

It's not a movie that would completely blow me away, but it still can't be denied that it has something incredibly rebellious and gangster-like in itself, even though those two were condemned to death from the beginning. However, the story of this pair is immortal, and in this execution with such fantastic actors, it simply doesn't age. (17.06.2015)