Paul Bartel, Mary Woronov, Robert Beltran
You'd think a black comedy about murder, tackiness, and sexual perversion would quickly become dated, but Eating Raoul (1982) feels surprisingly fresh and delightful. When Mary Bland (Mary Wo...( read more
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DVD Release Date: April 13, 2004
Stats: 198 reviews
I like Paul Bartel and Robert Beltran, but this movie was pretty silly - I could never get into the zaziness of it all. People keep saying how risque and funny it is, but it went over my head. Maybe I'll give it another viewing someday.
The ending of this film was not at all what I expected, which made it even more fun that it started out to be. Mary Woronov and Paul Bartel play a prim and proper couple whose lives get turned around by a visitor to their home.
Ever wonder what Robert Beltran was doing BEFORE Star Trek: Voyager? He was making wonderfully campy B-movies. This one is a hoot.
Don't get me wrong, Eating Raoul is an amusing movie. However, I had one major issue with it. Bartel made a film that's very offensive to fetishists. The movie ridicules such people in a very untactful way. Had it been handled in a different manner, it may have been acceptable.
One of the best black comedies ever. This was the first "black comedy" I ever saw, so I didn't realize they existed- before then, none of my friends thought I had a sense of humor! I just found out today that my favorite minor character (the sex shop owner) is Jambi the Genie fro...( read more)
Black comedy with some nice touches. Smarmy characters encounter Paul & Mary and soon stop being smarmy. A new way to gain financial independence is depicted.
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