Bonnie and Clyde is considered a groundbreaking film - not only did it break all sorts of cinematic rules and help to open the world of film for the freewheeling 1970s, it also supposedly toppled dowdy New York Times film critic Bosley Crowther - the paper saw fit to fire him when he continually trashed this movie, as it saw him as out of touch. Perhaps I'm also out of touch, as I don't see an unforgettable masterpiece here.
There's a lot of 1960's allegory going on in this movie, which I don't much care for - there's also a lot of mealymouthed morality. The film goes right up to the edge of saying that evil and sin are fun and sexy, but never quite endorses that idea fully. Faye Dunaway is however perfect as Bonnie Parker, and there's even a brief bit with Gene Wilder. All in all, certainly worth seeing, but the films it influenced I likely like more than the film itself.
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