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  Review by Ethan Colburn ★★★½

  "At the store, can you buy a new frying pan? I'm a little squeamish about using the one we use to kill people."

  More like a messed up Looney Tunes cartoon, this movie mixes black comedy and with very upbeat characters, striking a tone I've rarely seen. The reason I compare it to a Looney Tunes cartoon is how singularly directed the characters seem. These characters aren't at all three-dimensional but I don't think it's going for that. Much like a cartoon, you're watching these extremely motivated characters stop at nothing to get what they want.

  I haven't quite dissected all of the film's social messaging but fundamentally, it's breaking down the illusion of the suburban fantasy. They sleep in…

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  Review by claira curtis ★½ 8

  There’s a lot of witty dialogue and committed performances from the three leads, but..... I find it next to impossible to enjoy a watch where there’s an excessive abundance of rape scenes that leaves the movie feeling like a real long rape joke. Blame it on me being a feminist with no sense of humor and a survivor of my own assaults but rape as a joke build up just doesn’t get me going! Who woulda thunk? Sorry for being a stick in the mud!! But also, I’m not sorry at all! :0)

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  Review by Rafael "Parker!!" Jovine ★★★½

  A black and absurd comedy that is at times unexpected and clearly falls into the genre of films that probably couldn't be made today. I mean, not even five minutes pass and you have a comedic situation in which a young black man attempting to rob a wine cellar or a market is gun down, with the owner showing no emotion or remorse. A scene that instantly establishes the tone for the rest of the film, where anything appears appropriate and the humour and shock value come from the fact that all of these outlandish things happen and everyone reacts as if it is normal; someone mentions cannibalism and it is as if they are discussing the weather.

  Personally, I…

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  Review by Samhain ★★★★

  *Sees Raoul introduced for the first time*

  Well, I wonder how he’s gonna end up at the end of all this.

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  Review by Sally Jane Black 6

  Delightfully sexy and silly, this film is a bizarre delight. God, such an antidote to the bad horror blues, and I wouldn't've watched it if it hadn't been misclassified as horror. It's dark comedy and possibly satirical (or maybe just absurd). It really nails how absurdity can make villain-protagonists palatable. Of course, there's a contrast between our Bland murderers and their comrade/enemy Raoul, but no one in this film is anything but a bad person in some way. Still, there is something endearing about how the Blands sleep with stuffed animals/wine bottles, in separate beds, and to be honest, something sexy about Mary in general.

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  Review by Tony the Terror ★★★★½ 14

  Oh wow I absolutely loved this! It’s about an uptight couple who discover an unconventional way to make money when they accidentally kill a neighbor and it’s just so much fun. Also, I LOVE MARY WORONOV.

  I remember this being a popular movie in the 80’s although I was too young to see it during its heyday. I remember always seeing that VHS box at the video store, but I never had an overwhelming urge to “sneak watch” it without my parents knowing. Once I was grown, I went through a period where I was entirely obsessed with anything related to Andy Warhol and The Factory, which is where I discovered Queen Mary W and still I never got around…

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  Review by CinemaVoid 🏴‍☠️ ★★★

  Frying Pan of Suburban Doom +2

  Speed Factor: 5
  Damage: 25-65 HP

  Attributes:
  +10 DMG to swingers
  +5 DMG to child/nazi impersonators

  Special Abilities:
  35 % chance critical hit to black/latino men

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  Review by Gaby ★★★½ 3

  Why don’t you go to bed, honey? I’ll bag the Nazi and straighten up.

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  Review by Ian West ★★★★★

  “Keep cool, baby—I know what I’m doing... I’ve got ambition”

  
  Definitely in the running for my favorite comedy? Haven’t watched this in YEARS and it’s even better than I remembered.

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  Review by Ryan Daniel ★★★½

  “Just give me the cheapest one.”
  “Woah wait a minute there’s nothing cheap about my store. You mean inexpensive don’t you, isn’t that what you meant?”
  “Yes.”
  “That’s what I thought you meant. You want a cheap pair of handcuffs too?”

  The best part about this film’s humor is that it’s never shoehorned or unearned, but it is thrown into the dialogue a lot which gives it a ‘so quick you might miss it’ type of wit. I like the story a lot, and although it does get a bit repetitive at times, it keeps it fresh by throwing in new bits of humor while still relying on the recurring gags.

  The weirdest thing about this film is how nonchalant it…

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  Review by Justin Peterson ★★★★

  Criterion Collection Spine #625

  Who knew murder for profit could be this much fun, and if the sexual revolution has got you down, then smack it in the the head with a frying pan!

  Eating Raoul is an extremely quirky satire written, directed by, and starring Paul Bartel as Paul Bland. In the story Bland and his wife Mary played by Mary Woronov are a down on their luck couple in sex crazed Los Angeles. They live in a building full of swingers, and one night when one of them gets too frisky with Mary, Paul finds out that he can put this sexual deviant out of his misery by hitting him in the head with a cast iron frying…

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  Review by mary ★★★★★

  paul and mary are sooo goofy ahh