Highly Overrated


I saw this for the first time today and I thought it was highly overrated. I understand the violence was groundbreaking in 1967 but aside from that there isn't a whole lot to be impressed with in the film. There is little to no connection between Bonnie and Clyde and I was given absolutely no reason to care about any of the characters. I figured the film would be about the connection between the two characters during their adventure but its about the group of people or the "Barrow gang" I don't know why they even called it Bonnie and Clyde. All of the sudden the gang is on a "crime spree" where they rob what like 3 banks if that? I couldn't have cared less during any of the deaths. It was slow even though it wasn't very long. This movie shouldn't even be put in the same category as great robbery films where the characters have connections like "Butch Cassidy and the Sundance Kid." Now that is a classic. The only thing that works in this film for me is Faye Dunnaway's beauty and a catchy title.

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Estelle Parsons was also horrible. Didn't deserve the Oscar whatsoever.

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