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Bob leads a family of junkies that rob drug stores for their fix. When a member dies, he goes straight. But not everyone is willing to let him leave.
The film was very well received critically and is listed on the Top Ten lists of both Gene Siskel [10] and Roger Ebert, [11] for films released in 1989. 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". [12]
Drugstore Cowboy, Gus Van Sant's fresh, gutsy societal underbelly film, never wallows in picturesque down-and-outism, except at the end, when Dillon's character, frightened by the death of a girl he didn't like much and spooked by his own paranoiac suspicion, checks into a seedy hotel while trying to go cold turkey and not yield to the influence of a junkie priest drolly played by William ...
Drug addict husband and wife team, Bob and Diane Hughes (Matt Dillon, Kelly Lynch), and a younger couple of thieves resort to robbing drugstores to st…
Drugstore Cowboy is a 1989 American crime drama film directed by Gus Van Sant, written by Van Sant and Daniel Yost, and is based on an autobiographical novel by James Fogle.
The meaning of DRUGSTORE COWBOY is one who wears cowboy clothes but has had no experience as a cowboy.
Gus Van Sant established himself as an outstanding voice in contemporary indie cinema with this electrifying second feature. Starring Matt Dillon in one of the best roles of his career, Drugstore Cowboy is an empathetic portrait of addiction that, while harrowing, is pervaded by cynical humor.
