Bonnie and Clyde (1967)

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88%

1967, Crime/Drama, 1h 51m

RT Critics’ Score: 88% (UNBIASED)
RT Audience Score: 88%
Awards & Nominations: Won 2 Oscars
23 wins & 30 nominations total

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Critics Consensus

A paradigm-shifting classic of American cinema, Bonnie and Clyde packs a punch whose power continues to reverberate through thrillers decades later

Audience Consensus

Bonnie and Clyde is a classic American film that will leave you feeling like you just went on a wild ride. The chemistry between Warren Beatty and Faye Dunaway is undeniable, and their portrayal of the infamous duo is both sexy and dangerous. The film’s mix of violence and romance is a perfect example of the 1960s counterculture movement, and it’s no wonder that it’s still being discussed and honored today. If you’re looking for a movie that will keep you on the edge of your seat, Bonnie and Clyde is the perfect choice. Just be prepared for a wild ride!

Storyline

1934. Young adults Bonnie Parker, a waitress, and Clyde Barrow, a criminal just released from prison, are immediately attracted to what the other represents for their life when they meet by chance in West Dallas, Texas. Bonnie is fascinated with Clyde’s criminal past, and his matter-of-factness and bravado in talking about it. Clyde sees in Bonnie someone sympathetic to his goals. Although attracted to each other physically, a sexual relationship between the two has obstacles. They decide to join forces to embark on a life of crime, holding up whatever establishments, primarily banks, to make money and to have fun. They don’t plan on hurting anyone or killing despite wielding loaded guns. They amass a small gang of willing accomplices, including C.W. Moss, a mechanic to fix whatever cars they steal which is important especially for their getaways, and Buck Barrow, one of Clyde’s older brothers. The only reluctant tag-along is Buck’s nervous wife, Blanche Barrow, a preacher’s daughter. The gang’s life changes after the first fatal shot is fired. After that, their willingness to shoot to kill increases to protect themselves and their livelihood. Their notoriety precedes them, so much so that no matter what one’s opinion is of them, most want to have some association to the Barrow gang, to help them, to be spoken in the same breath as them, or to capture and or kill them. Of the many people they encounter in their crime spree, the one who may have the most profound effect on their lives is Texas Ranger, Frank Hamer, who seeks retribution.

Production Company(ies)
X-Filme Creative Pool Westdeutscher Rundfunk ARTE

Distributor
Warner Bros., Warner Home Vídeo

Release Type
Theatrical

Filming Location(s)
Red Oak, Texas, USA

MPAA / Certificate
Rated R for violence

Year of Release
1967

Technical Specs

Color:

Color
Sound mix:

Mono
Aspect ratio:

1.85 : 1
Runtime:

1h 51m
Language(s):

English
Country of origin:

United States
Release date:

Release Date (Theaters): Aug 13, 1967 Wide
Release Date (Streaming): Mar 25, 2008

Genre(s)
Crime/Drama

Keyword(s)
starring Warren Beatty, Faye Dunaway, Michael J Pollard, Gene Hackman, Estelle Parsons, Denver Pyle, directed by Arthur Penn, written by David Newman, Robert Benton, Robert Towne, crime, drama, box office performance, budget, reviewed by Adam Nayman, Tom Milne, Richard Gilman, John Mahoney, Penelope Gilliatt, Pauline Kael, R rating, produced by Warren Beatty, Bonnie and Clyde, small-time crook, bank robbery, gang, violence, American cinema, paradigm-shifting, influential, classic, ambiguous, definitive, lyricism, brutality, ambivalence, Truffaut, Godard, Nouvelle Vague, Hollywood, anti-heroes, social taboos, French New Wave, modern, brutal, fast-paced, exhilarating, stylish, on-track, dated, never boring

Box Office Details

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Worldwide gross (inflation-adjusted): NA
Worldwide gross ranking (inflation-adjusted): NA
Worldwide tickets sold (est.): NA

US/Canada gross: NA
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US/Canada gross ranking (inflation-adjusted): NA
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Budget and Earnings Details
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Production budget ranking: NA
Marketing and distribution budget (inflation-adjusted est.): NA
Box office net earnings to date (inflation-adjusted est.): NA
ROI to date (est.): NA
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Cast & Crew

Warren Beatty

Faye Dunaway

Michael J. Pollard

Gene Hackman

Estelle Parsons

Clyde Barrow

Bonnie Parker

C.W. Moss

Buck Barrow

Blanche

Warren Beatty – Clyde Barrow
Faye Dunaway – Bonnie Parker
Michael J. Pollard – C.W. Moss
Gene Hackman – Buck Barrow
Estelle Parsons – Blanche
Denver Pyle – Frank Hamer
Director – Arthur Penn
Producer – Warren Beatty
Writers – David Newman, Robert Benton, Robert Towne

Arthur Penn

David Newman

Warren Beatty

Director

Writer

Producer

Director(s)
Arthur Penn

Writer(s)
David Newman, Robert Benton, Robert Towne

Producer(s)
Warren Beatty

Film Festivals

Awards & Nominations
Won 2 Oscars
23 wins & 30 nominations total

Academy Awards
Oscar Nominees

Top Reviews

Adam Nayman

Tom Milne

Richard Gilman

John Mahoney

Penelope Gilliatt

The Ringer

Sight & Sound

The New Republic

Hollywood Reporter

New Yorker

BONNIE AND CLYDE
All Critics (65) | Top Critics (18) | Fresh (58) | Rotten (7)
If it’s possible for a film’s ending to feel at once ambiguous and definitive, Bonnie and Clyde leaves the viewer feeling torn apart without necessarily knowing why. Its mix of lyricism, brutality, and ambivalence…

April 29, 2020

Adam Nayman
The Ringer
TOP CRITIC
A few years ago, Truffaut, Godard and the Nouvelle Vague stole the gangster film from America and gave it new blood. Now Penn has taken it back home where it belongs, and in so doing has found a match for his temperament.

March 18, 2020

Tom Milne
Sight & Sound
TOP CRITIC
A hybrid, an ambivalence, an alternation of achievements and collapses, an attempt to have both ways something not clearly enough seen in either.

August 10, 2016

Richard Gilman
The New Republic
TOP CRITIC
Destined to be among the year’s most discussed, honored and profitable.

August 14, 2015

John Mahoney
Hollywood Reporter
TOP CRITIC
Bonnie and Clyde don’t really know that killing kills. The film does — unlike the run of movies about violence now, which mostly know that killing sells.

January 14, 2013

Penelope Gilliatt
New Yorker
TOP CRITIC
Bonnie and Clyde is the most excitingly American American movie since The Manchurian Candidate. The audience is alive to it.

August 30, 2012

Pauline Kael
New Yorker
TOP CRITIC
The violent and stylish film was one of the most influential ones of the 1960s.

April 12, 2022 | Rating: B-

Dennis Schwartz
Dennis Schwartz Movie Reviews
There is Hollywood before Bonnie & Clyde, and Hollywood after Bonnie & Clyde.

September 12, 2021 | Rating: 5/5

Matt Neal
ABC Radio (Australia)
Beatty and Dunaway make one of the most memorable and sexy onscreen duos through obvious chemistry and a decidedly one-sided passion.

August 24, 2020 | Rating: 10/10

Mike Massie
Gone With The Twins
It smashed American film taboos about sex and violence while demonstrating a young Warren Beatty’s unique power as actor/producer…

June 16, 2020

David Lamble
Bay Area Reporter
Naturalism — in characters and background — is the mark of this film in its technical perfections. Saturated in time and place, we are left with the universality of the theme and its particular contemporary relevance.

February 27, 2020

Judith Crist
Vogue
The direction is flashy and mainly superficial, and where a little analysis and involvement wouldn’t have come amiss there’s only the sheer confusion of one of the most extrovert syles in Hollywood.

February 3, 2020

Richard Whitehall
Los Angeles Free Press…

Plot
1934. Young adults Bonnie Parker, a waitress, and Clyde Barrow, a criminal just released from prison, are immediately attracted to what the other represents for their life when they meet by chance in West Dallas, Texas. Bonnie is fascinated with Clyde’s criminal past, and his matter-of-factness and bravado in talking about it. Clyde sees in Bonnie someone sympathetic to his goals. Although attracted to each other physically, a sexual relationship between the two has obstacles. They decide to join forces to embark on a life of crime, holding up whatever establishments, primarily banks, to make money and to have fun. They don’t plan on hurting anyone or killing despite wielding loaded guns. They amass a small gang of willing accomplices, including C.W. Moss, a mechanic to fix whatever cars they steal which is important especially for their getaways, and Buck Barrow, one of Clyde’s older brothers. The only reluctant tag-along is Buck’s nervous wife, Blanche Barrow, a preacher’s daughter. The gang’s life changes after the first fatal shot is fired. After that, their willingness to shoot to kill increases to protect themselves and their livelihood. Their notoriety precedes them, so much so that no matter what one’s opinion is of them, most want to have some association to the Barrow gang, to help them, to be spoken in the same breath as them, or to capture and or kill them. Of the many people they encounter in their crime spree, the one who may have the most profound effect on their lives is Texas Ranger, Frank Hamer, who seeks retribution.

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