Cast & crewUser reviewsTrivia19941994RR2h 3mA vampire tells his epic life story love, betrayal, loneliness, and vampire tells his epic life story love, betrayal, loneliness, and vampire tells his epic life story love, betrayal, loneliness, and more at IMDbProSee production, box office & company info515User reviews75Critic reviews59MetascoreVideos3Photos141More like thisReview Obviously misunderstoodSomeone said that this movie was too cerebral for horror fans who live for drivel like "From Dusk 'Till Dawn", and too much of a horror movie for people who look or at least pretend to look for meaning in movies - pseudo-intellectuals. That person couldn't have been more correct. I'm not a horror fan, I'm not an Anne Rice fan...I'm not even fond of Tom Cruise, Brad Pitt, and Antonio Banderas. But Interview With a Vampire was a movie that excelled my refused to see this film for 3 years because I believed it would be what I perceived it to be glitzy Hollywood garbage geared toward adolescent girls with posters of the 3 main actors all over their walls. I finally broke down and rented it, and I was astonished by the incredible performances delivered, the thrilling dialogue and the way it was delivered by the actors, the scenery, the plot, the score...everything. I never thought that Brad Pitt or Tom Cruise could act, but their performances made their unbelievable characters a reality. However, the true star of the film was Kirsten Dunst. At 12 years old, this girl was able to hold her own against her co-stars, and often stole the scene particularly the incident in which Claudia tries to cut her hair and subsequently Lestat discovers the corpse in her bed.You don't want to look for the meaning of life in this movie. It's a story. The plot is basically the history of a vampire's life, and I don't understand why people are compelled to trash a movie because of its simplicity. Look at the title. That's all it is, and if you expect more you're setting yourself up for disappointment. It's not the deepest of movies, that's why it should be enjoyed for the intense dialogue and the great production that went into it. Others trash the movie because of its homoerotic undertones. This aspect is so fleeting that it's ridiculous to dwell on it, and if you dwell on such an insignificant aspect of the movie then you were obviously looking for something to bother you. One additional thing to even suggest that the violence in this film could be responsible for incidents such as the Columbine High School killings is beyond isn't the greatest movie that has ever been made, it's certainly not a complex analysis of life, or a parable with a moral dictating the enjoyment of life. It's a brilliantly produced gothic tale of a vampire, nothing more and nothing less. In respect to the book, I've never read it and I don't particularly care to read it. But for all of you who have been complaining about the movie not living up to the novel, here's a clue that might prove useful in the future the book is ALWAYS better than the film. Don't waste your time complaining about something that is 26, 1999FAQ22Related newsContribute to this pageSuggest an edit or add missing contentWhat was the official certification given to Interview with the Vampire The Vampire Chronicles 1994 in Japan?AnswerMore to exploreRecently viewedYou have no recently viewed pages