Nice effects though.

Good films always raise compelling questions, whether the format is fiction or documentary fact.

The story-telling is good with flashbacks.The film is both funny and heartbreaking. You smile in a scene and get a soulcrushing revelation in the next.

There are moments in this movie where the great movie it could've been peek out... They're fleeting, here, but they're worth savoring, and they happen often enough to make it worth your while.

It's probably safe to say that the majority of America has heard of Bonnie and Clyde, even without seeing the movie or the story it is based off of. Therefore, it's not surprising that this movie is cited by many as the first movie of New Hollywood and as very influential. Various aspects of the movie, including the intense gun scenes (with blood) and the kissing scenes (hinting not very subtly at sex) must have been incredibly exciting for movie-goers at the time, as these scenes went against the dying Hays Code during the past (almost) 40 years. It is most likely for these reasons that the film is so well known. Although the new feel of the film and the great editing and cinematography (like in many of the shooting scenes) was fun to watch, I personally felt that the plot was a bit boring to follow and repetitive. Of course, the questions that this film brings up are still important (and would not have been repetitive or cliche for movie-goers at the time). We are encouraged to ask ourselves why we sympathize with the "bad guys." Is it because a small part of us wishes that we could be like them, and watching the movie allows us an outlet for these wishes? We are also encouraged to recognize how addicting bad behavior can become and how blinding adrenaline can be. It may just be my biases as a person of the younger generation today that caused me to find the plot boring, but in trying to look at the movie from an older generation's eyes when it first came out, I can definitely appreciate the novelty and excitement this film must have caused.

Zip, zip, zip, the action seldom stops. No need in this flick for lengthy dialog; instead the saga's told through guns not words. Reminds me a bit of the noir classic Gun Crazy (1949). There too, character emerges through Smith and Wesson rather than talk talk. No need here to echo consensus views-- the movie remains a grabber. I doubt any storyline has more effectively defined relationships through growth of friendship, love, and violence than this one. Naturally, there's the topic of sex between lovelies B&C. But it's an undercurrent, not a defining feature. Of course the movie remains a Hollywood treatment, which means glamour, clean clothes, and liberties with fact. But then what else is new. After all, it's results that count.By now I've memorized every spotless feature of the Beatty-Dunaway gazillion close-ups. But more telling are those poverty-stricken settings. They reek of the Dust-Bowl 1930's and farm workers' plight, all the while predatory banks close in. No wonder desperadoes like Dillinger, Pretty Boy Floyd, and B&C got romanticized by common folk. And what about those work ravaged old faces that speak volumes. They sure don't come from Hollywood and Vine. Anyhow, I expect this 1967 movie caught a counter-culture tail wind, one that overcame surprisingly low studio expectations. Still, the results hold up pretty darn well. So catch it when you can.

The very important scene at the end where Clyde's glasses were broken he gets out of the car to take with the farmer then hears birds flying which was a signal of guns firing at bonnie, clyde and the car. A suspenseful film where the romance inspired many music artists with music videos even television shows are inspire by the plot.

"Bonnie and Clyde" is a film that dared to be different. It's violence, direction and acting were the blueprint for the kind of Hollywood movies that came onto the scene in the early 1970s. Warren Beatty and Faye Dunaway compliment each other to perfection as the bank robbers in question. Gene Hackman made a huge impact in his first major movie and his performance doesn't disappoint at all. Arthur Penn's direction is smooth and assured. I remember feeling quite shocked by the excessive violence when I saw "Bonnie and Clyde" at the age of 3. I never would have guessed that this film was made in 1967, it is years ahead of its time. There is some good humour and Gene Wilder is a riot as one of the hostages! As much as the gang of outlaws are criminals, they aren't totally unlikeable as people. With regards to everyone day folk, Bonnie and Company are quite reasonable toward them. This is where tough, gritty Hollywood movie- making begins.