Johnny Suede

Miramax Films | Release Date: August 14, 1992

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53	METASCORE Mixed or average reviews based on 14 Critic Reviews

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EmpireJeff Dawson

Offbeat, stylish and packed with some wonderfully bizarro moments. Read full review

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One-time cameraman, DiCillo exploits pastel colors to advantage in order to flesh out Johnny's fantasy world. Brad Pitt, fresh from stealing scenes in Thelma & Louise, gives Johnny the right kind of innocent appeal, and the rest of the cast surround him with loving care. Read full review

Michael Wilmington

Johnny Suede has an astonishingly consistent tone and a remarkably talented and cohesive cast. [21 Aug 1992]

Peter Travers

There's no denying the kick of Pitt's memorably offbeat performance and writer-director Tom DiCillo's stylish debut. Read full review

H. J. Kirchhoff

Although it has a few technical flaws, mostly in pacing and tone, these are more than made up for by an intelligently funny and unsentimental script, and several noteworthy performances. [24 Nov 1992]

Pamela Bruce

DiCillo's humorous insight into the post-modern culture manifests into vivid characterizations that are enhanced by credible cast performances. Read full review

Vincent Canby

A comedy so lazily hip and so laid back that it often seems to be asleep. Read full review

TV Guide MagazineEthan Alter

Johnny Suede's stylish, dreamlike mood and abstract dialogue cannot compensate for its unsatisfying storyline and characters. Read full review

William Arnold

Johnny Suede seems in every way a pale imitation that is so vacuous and self-consciously hip that it just fades into nothingness. [13 Nov 1992]

Peter Rainer

The story is too self-conscious about its offbeat qualities, becoming so cool that it practically freezes on the screen. Read full review

Stephen Hunter

The whole thing is too preciously conceived. [05 Feb 1993]

Jay Carr

Johnny Suede is too devoid of content to sustain our interest. [19 Sep 1992]

Ted Mahar

It just drones on and on, so repetitiously that you wonder if some of the reels have been shown twice. [7 Nov 1992]

Michael Snyder

None of it works, except for some moody cinematography, the on-screen charisma of lead actor Brad Pitt, moussed to the max as Johnny Suede, and the sheer likability of a few of his co-stars. [05 Feb 1993]