My Own Private Idaho
1991
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Bob Hughes (Matt Dillon) is the leader of a "family" of drug addicts consisting of his wife, Dianne (Kelly Lynch), and another couple who feed their habit by robbing drug stores as they travel...
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Drugstore Cowboy understands the pleasures and release that drugs can give people, and also how it finally bottoms out their souls. Full Review | Original Score: 3/4 | May 9, 2023
On Rotten Tomatoes, it has a 97% approval rating based on 29 reviews, with an average score of 8/10 and a consensus: "Drugstore Cowboy takes us into a violent, transient world with cool, contemplative style".
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The movie stars Matt Dillon, in one of the great recent American movie performances, as the leader of a pack of two young couples who are on the prowl in Washington and Oregon. It is 1971, and they are the rear guard of the love generation.
Oct 20, 1989 · Drugstore Cowboy: Directed by Gus Van Sant. With Matt Dillon, Kelly Lynch, James Le Gros, Heather Graham. A pharmacy-robbing dope fiend and his crew pop pills and evade the law.
National Society of Film Critics Awards, USA. • 3 Wins & 3 Nominations. A group of heroin addicts lead by Bob (Dillon) rob drugstores to continue their addictions.
