The characters are actually fun, despite not wanting to like them. James Duval and Jonathan Schaech (sp?) put in fantastic performances, but the best acting is done by Rose McGowen. Her character Amy, a foul-mouthed, pissed-off superbitch is simply hilarious! You have to wonder where they came up with some of her lines! As the movie progresses, this threesome move from place to place and somehow end up in bigger trouble than they were in before. Along the way they meet weird people, played by famous celebrities (from Margaret Cho and Parker Posey to Perry Farrell and Amanda Bearse). The film's climax is very disturbing and impactful.

Again, this film is not for everyone, but you really can't help but like it sometimes. Watch it with an open mind and just enjoy it at face value.

The "Eww, taste this!" reflex.... (Rating: 2.00)
Review : ... in which, after tasting something gross, someone tries to get another to taste it to verify that it is indeed gross, is the main force behind this movie's popularity.

The idea is good - a mysterious, violent stranger shows up in the lives of a young couple and trouble starts wherever they go, with lots of celebrity cameos and some seriously disturbing antagonists.

Not villains, mind, but antagonists - there are no heroes here, which makes things more interesting. Amy (Rose McGowan) alternates between apathetic and mean, shows no real interest in her boyfriend Jordan, or any emotion at all other than anger. Jordan possesses an optimism and certain air of innocence that's compelling, but it makes him seem drastically out of place among the other characters, as if he's accidentally wandered in from some other movie. Xavier, or X as he is called, doesn't seem inerested in anything other than having sex and ruining people's lives.

The music is good. Nine Inch Nails, This Mortal Coil, and similar provide the backdrop for the movie's descent into violent insanity.

The presentation is what lowers the score to two stars. The conversations seem vacant and emotionless, the relationship between Amy and X seems to come entirely out of nowhere, and the end result leaves viewers titillated and disgusted at their own titillation. It's just a bad movie trying to pass for an intentionally-bad-for-comedic-purposes movie.

Beautiful... in a sick, twisted, and totally fu*ked up way. (Rating: 5.00)
Review : Okay, let's get this straight... Gregg Araki is an absolute genius! This movie is so screwed up, it's not even funny (Well, actually in a lot of parts it is). It's so unrealistic, and yet somehow it's one of the most realistic movies I've ever seen. It's also one of the best.
The plot is a little hard to explain, but it's so creative, that I shouldn't say anything about it, and just let everyone see it for themselves.
The writing is superb. It's funny, because Gregg Araki makes these characters who kind of seem like dumb kids, but they know a lot of huge words ("You're repugnant!"). They cuss beyond belief, have way too much sex, and go to tons of mini mart stations where some odd things occur.
The cast is great. This is the movie that really made Rose McGowan. It's her second film (following her two scene role in Encino Man), and she does the best job she can, like always. A lot of her male fans are going to see this for all of her sex scenes, but personally, I didn't really care about that.
James Duval is a complete dork in his role. He actually kind of annoyed me in this movie, but James Duval is one of my favorite actors.
Johnathon Schaech was a great part of this movie. This movie made me like him.
Lots of great cameos by Margaret Cho, Parker Posey, Lauren Tewes, Nicky Katt, and Perry Farrell.

I'd reccomend it to people with a dark, twisted, and demented mind. I would REALLY not reccomend it to everyone, because it isn't for everyone, most indie movies aren't for everyone. Personally, it's going to be one of the best movies I will ever see in my whole life.

Strong on visual, weak script (Rating: 3.00)
Review : "The Doom Generation" is an intense, violent and erotic [hetero and homo] movie about teenage angst and alienation. It doesn't work on many levels because the focus seems to be more on style than on substance. Writer/director Greg Araki, who created a sensation a few years back with his ultra-low budget film, "The Living End", is both talented and original. The problem is that, since "The Living End", he has yet to find a project that suits his talents. His themes are dark and nihilistic. These are well worth exploring artistically, but he needs to find scripts that come close to matching the power of his visuals.

Jordon [James Duval] and Amy [Rose McGowan] are a couple of spaced-out druggies in love. She's an extremely angry young woman who finds comfort in his sweet and passive nature. I'm not sure what he sees in her, for she is almost invariably unpleasant and often mean-spirited. Maybe he's so lost that any port in the storm will do. One night they meet the mad, charismatic and sexy Xavier [Jonathan Schaech], who leads them on a bizarre journey of sex, murder and mayhem. This trip is part horror, part dark comedy.

This movie has a following and a cult status. I can understand this, but, frankly, there are other movies about youth alienation I would recommend before I would this one. These include "Kalifornia", "Fight Club", and a delightful dark comedy from thirty years ago called "Harold and Maude". [NOTE: The thing that cost "The Doom Generation" the most points in my opinion was the ending. It's quite cruel and, if it has a message, I didn't get it. The fault my lie in me or it may be in the way it was edited.]

Over Cooked? (Rating: 3.00)
Review : Normally, I don't care much for movies that try to hard to be shocking but this one does leave an impression. The entire film is jam-packed with subliminal messages and 'eye-candy' visuals. There is a story here, with no satisfying conlusion, that is entertaining as he77 to watch. The ending to this film is "overly-shocking" by which I mean not shocking because it tries so hard to be shocking, but it will suprise you. I give it 3 stars because it is not the best movie ever but it leaves a lasting impressioin. I guarantee it.

This film stinks. (Rating: 1.00)
Review : "The Doom Generation" is a piece of garbage. It tries to be so many things and fails on all levels. It's not art and it's not good entertainment.
It tries to be as violent and funny as "Pulp Fiction" and "Natural Born Killers" are and it fails! "The Doom Generation" tries to shock the audience with violence and even there it fails! I guess one could call it a boring and cheesy comedy. The only thing to laugh about it's how predictable and boring it is. Still, I give it 1 star for the scene where the "heroes" of "The Doom Generation" show a bit of compassion for a dog.
Otherwise, it's as boring as a rat's ass!

Over-The-Top is the absolute understatement (Rating: 1.00)
Review : I rented this movie basically because of the fact that it touted itself as a "road flick," a genre that I'm usually a fan of. I'll admit the gratuitous violence in the beginning had me laughing just because of how corny it was presented, but this wore itself out several minutes later. The film tries to loosely have some kind of "hell" theme by continuously referring to $6.66 as payment for different items they buy along the way. We get it. You didn't have to do it 7 times. I wasn't sure exactly what theme the writer was trying to convey, but it doesn't matter because the story it was based on was so bad anyway. The filmmakers try to use shocking visuals and group sex to (I guess) grab the attention of the audience, which is good because it diverts that attention away from the terrible story that's going on. Don't waste your time.