Interview with the Vampire
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A vampire relates his epic life story of love, betrayal, loneliness, and dark hunger to an over-curious reporter.
What critics thought
Neil Jordan's adaptation lands somewhere between gothic triumph and missed opportunity — production design, atmosphere, and Cruise's unexpectedly fierce Lestat drew real admiration, but critics were divided over whether the compression of Rice's novel gutted the emotional core, particularly in Pitt's Louis, and whether the film's third act earns any of what came before. Audience enthusiasm has held steadier over time than the middling critical consensus would suggest.
“the movie never makes vampirism look like anything but an endless sadness. That is its greatest strength. Vampires throughout movie history have often chortled as if they'd gotten away with something. But the first great vampire movie, Nosferatu (1922), knew better, and so does this one.”
Roger Ebert·Chicago Sun-Times
“The humor, more subtly embedded in the book, has been brought to the surface as if this were a weekly sitcom called 'Pardon Me but Your Teeth Are in My Neck.”
Desson Thomson·The Washington Post
“missing is a strong sense of emotional exchange and development among the main characters. The intense bonds of love, resentment and hatred that arc through the centuries among Lestat, Louis, the vampire he creates, and their 'daughter,' Claudia, are only lightly felt”
Todd McCarthy·Variety
Accolades
Genres
Drama, Fantasy, Horror
Cast & Crew
Neil JordanDirector
Tom CruiseLestat
Brad PittLouis
Antonio BanderasArmand
Christian SlaterMalloy
Stephen ReaSantiago
Kirsten DunstClaudia
Domiziana GiordanoMadeleine
Thandiwe NewtonYvette
Laure MarsacMortal Woman on Stage
John McConnellGambler
Bellina LoganTavern Girl
Elliot GoldenthalComposer
Anne RiceWriter
Philippe RousselotCinematographyInterview with the Vampire
A vampire relates his epic life story of love, betrayal, loneliness, and dark hunger to an over-curious reporter.
What critics thought
Neil Jordan's adaptation lands somewhere between gothic triumph and missed opportunity — production design, atmosphere, and Cruise's unexpectedly fierce Lestat drew real admiration, but critics were divided over whether the compression of Rice's novel gutted the emotional core, particularly in Pitt's Louis, and whether the film's third act earns any of what came before. Audience enthusiasm has held steadier over time than the middling critical consensus would suggest.
“the movie never makes vampirism look like anything but an endless sadness. That is its greatest strength. Vampires throughout movie history have often chortled as if they'd gotten away with something. But the first great vampire movie, Nosferatu (1922), knew better, and so does this one.”
Roger Ebert·Chicago Sun-Times
“The humor, more subtly embedded in the book, has been brought to the surface as if this were a weekly sitcom called 'Pardon Me but Your Teeth Are in My Neck.”
Desson Thomson·The Washington Post
“missing is a strong sense of emotional exchange and development among the main characters. The intense bonds of love, resentment and hatred that arc through the centuries among Lestat, Louis, the vampire he creates, and their 'daughter,' Claudia, are only lightly felt”
Todd McCarthy·Variety
Accolades
Genres
Drama, Fantasy, Horror
Cast & Crew
Neil JordanDirectorTom CruiseLestatBrad PittLouisAntonio BanderasArmandChristian SlaterMalloyStephen ReaSantiagoKirsten DunstClaudiaDomiziana GiordanoMadeleineThandiwe NewtonYvetteLaure MarsacMortal Woman on StageJohn McConnellGamblerBellina LoganTavern GirlElliot GoldenthalComposerAnne RiceWriterPhilippe RousselotCinematographyStream
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