Kattiera Nana I think this is a new genre that they're all sort of working their way through it and haven't got all the kinks worked out yet but it's a genre that works for me.

Hellen I like the storyline of this show,it attract me so much

Sexyloutak Absolutely the worst movie.

FirstWitch A movie that not only functions as a solid scarefest but a razor-sharp satire.

Asif Khan (asifahsankhan) Gus Van Sant's sophomore effort is a reference-worthy entry into two separate, though occasionally linked, genres: the outlaw road movie and the drug film. Its title works on both levels. The term "drugstore cowboy" is an idiom for those who get high on prescription medication, and the film's protagonist, for a time anyway, has the swagger and rugged quality of a cowboy. What outlaw and addict movies often share are characters who generally don't see themselves as bad people, who certainly don't strive to be bad people, yet they just can't help but make a bad situation worse.In Drugstore Cowboy, Van Sant follows a ragtag group of users who get their kicks (and their next hit) from knocking off pharmacies. At the head of the group is Bob (Matt Dillon), a reckless yet cautiously superstitious thief who organizes his raids around perceived changes in luck. When he's "hot," he will rob any place, anywhere, any time of day, no matter the chances; when he's cold, he can barely leave his house from worry. He's married to his high-school sweetheart, Dianne (Kelly Lynch), though what romance might have existed between them faded long ago.Bob and Dianne form an immediate dialectic that changes over the course of the film but still defines the contrasting moods of Van Sant's script. Bob lives for the thrill of the chase; whenever Dianne broaches the subject of sex, Bob changes the subject to the next heist. (In fairness, I'd imagine that drugged-up sex doesn't stimulate nearly as much as a hit). Dianne, on the other hand, just wants the end result. The effort of planning and carrying out a raid is the price she has to pay for her happiness.In lieu of children, Bob and Dianne "raise" two younger junkies, Rick (James Le Gros) and Nadine (Heather Graham in an early role). They look after each other because they need each other to pull off the robberies, and the group becomes a makeshift, thoroughly dysfunctional family. That dynamic gives Drugstore Cowboy an edge that most other outlaw/drug movies didn't have at the time, a dynamic that was promptly diluted to an oversimplified essence and injected into most subsequent stories of addicts.

Degree7 Based on the autobiographical junkie lifestyle of James Fogle's novel of the same name, this flick is a quick skim-through of druggie Matt Dillon and his crew of bandits that rob, connive, and steal their way through life just to get a fix. The film is quite cold and grim, but also raw and honest, and it doesn't sugarcoat the lives of these grown up kids.The movie has a more psychological bent to drug use, with psychedelic effects aptly recreating the euphoria of shooting opiates into the arm, and descriptions of the buzz read verbatim from lines in the book. Matt Dillon carries the film as the leading man, and makes a very convincing superstitious junkie who struggles to keep his crew from giving themselves away. Also in for the fun is a slightly amoral cop, whose antics in trying to catch Hughes on a score leads to some suspense and entertainment.The story takes a turn later on when the protagonist, Bob, tries to go straight. It's here where a glimpse into the mind of the drug user is detailed more eloquently and honestly than the thousands of 'drug movies' that have come out of Hollywood in the past 50 years. A cameo by notable beatnik poet and author William S Burrows offers some poignant social commentary on the prediction of the war on drugs, which makes this film only more timely as the years go on. This turns the film from a good one into a slightly great one. The feel of the early 1970s Portland is accurately recreated with the wardrobe, grimy on location sets, and script. The off-kilter and jazzy soundtrack provides bounce and rhythm to the film when it threatens to get bogged down. While the ending somewhat tapers off, the indie- direction by Van Sant and assured acting performances by the cast (including a gorgeous Heather Graham when she was young) turn this into a low 8. Recommended.

Terrell Howell (KnightsofNi11) Gus Van Sant's films all seem to be set at a different level of indie quality. That indie level usually seems to depend on the number of big name stars appear in the film. His films like Elephant or Paranoid Park star non-actors in leading roles, and they're some of the most experimental of his films. But the experimentation goes away slightly when stars like Matt Dillon or Kelly Lynch are introduced like in Van Sant's 1989 film Drugstore Cowboy. Drugstore Cowboy is about a group of junkies who spend their time robbing pharmacies so they can use the myriad of drugs available to get all sorts of new and crazy highs. But after a while the crew has to take their show on the road, and things quickly get complicated in this bleak real world drama that may or may not accurately capture the essence of drug addiction and the lengths some go to fuel said addiction.I said the experimental reaches Gus Van Sant goes to are quelled slightly for this film, and they are, but there is still some interesting and trippy things going on. Van Sant employs a surreal quality to his whole film, capturing the character's highs as dream like mind trips with all sorts of hidden meanings that don't make a ton of sense. But then again, they don't entirely need to. The whole film has a somber and dream like quality to it that drives the whole story and is fuel for the characters motivations, what little motivation these characters have. It's a very strange and loose story about some very strange and loose people.The problem with swathing this film with such a bleak and dreamy tone is that it makes Drugstore Cowboy kind of dull. It starts out with a lot of promise and plenty of potential. The film opens by interesting Matt Dillon's character, Bob, as he narrates an introduction to what he does and who he does it with. We then see one of their robberies take place in a tense and quiet moment. From there the plot starts to sink in as the characters lives grow more and more harrowing and the situations they find themselves in become increasingly grave. But at a certain point the film sort of plateaus and stops being interesting and you stop caring so much about the characters. I was never painfully bored with this film and I watched with a keen and interested eye all the way through, but I was by no means enthralled and the story didn't grip me like it should have.Drugstore Cowboy is a very interesting film and it does plenty of things right. Unfortunately it's just a little boring, and the events that play out aren't terribly original, and I felt like I was just watching another reformed junkie film with a little bit of a Gus Van Sant twist. This is still a pretty decent film, but don't expect too terribly much from it.

preppy-3 Incredible movie takes place in 1971 in Oregon. Bob (Matt Dillon), his girlfriend Dianne (Kelly Lynch) and Rick (James Le Gros) and HIS girlfriend Nadine (Heather Graham) are all drug addicts. They live together and support their habit by robbing drugstore pharmacies. Their lives slowly become darker and more violent...but can they break away from the drugs? Also police officer Gentry (James Remar) is hot on their trail.This was a breakthrough in 1989. It put director Gus van Sant on the map and (briefly) revived Matt Dillon's career. It was also a surprise hit for such a low-budget film. It might sound like a boring and depressing film but it isn't. There's plenty of humor and the film actually has you rooting for the main characters even though they ARE robbers and addicts. The 1971 era is there but you're not hit over the head with it. The clothes, fashions and the black and white TV with rabbit ears tell you everything you need to know. The acting is excellent across the board. No one is bad but Dillon and Lynch are just simply superb in their roles. Also the direction by van Sant was incredible--it REALLY bought to life more than a few scenes. I was never bored and completely fascinated. WELL worth catching. I give this a 10.