Starring Woody Harrelson, Juliette Lewis, Robert Downey Jr., and Tommy Lee Jones

Directed by Oliver Stone

Available on various streaming services, including Netflix and Amazon Prime

I remember that I liked it the first time I saw it. I remember loving the cast. But I had forgotten what sort of movie it is. The original screenplay was written by Quentin Tarantino, but this is not Reservoir Dogs. This is the work of the director, Oliver Stone. It’s an ode to American culture, to American violence, and to American naivete.

From what I can see, Natural Born Killers garnered mostly negative reviews. Janet Maslin, for example: “For all its surface passions, Natural Born Killers never digs deep enough to touch the madness of such events, or even to send them up in any surprising way. Mr. Stone’s vision is impassioned, alarming, visually inventive, characteristically overpowering. But it’s no match for the awful truth.”

I disagree. I thought it was brilliant. Watch it. If you’ve seen it before, watch it again. Decide for yourself.