Often in our lives we hear about people - famous people - whose names have drifted into ledgend, into lore; such names that conjure up great thought, debate, outrage: Napoleon, Hitler, Stalin, Washington, Rasputin, Valentino, Jack the Ripper, the Zodiac Killer, Shakespeare, Julius Ceasar, King Tutankahman... and yes, Bonnie Parker and Clyde Barrow.
Bonnie (Faye Dunaway) and Clyde (Warren Beatty) lived in Texas during the great depression. Clyde met Bonnie after he failed to steal her mother's car. After getting to know each other, Bonnie demands to see Clyde rob a store - which he claimed to have done before.
This starts the two out on a life of crime, which they will never get away from.
Shortly after their first heist, the meet C.W. Moss (Michael J. Pollard), a young kid (who seems to be on the slow side), who stays with the Barrow gang untill the bitter end.
All three of them rob several banks and stores before eventually meeting up with Clyde's brother Buck Barrow (Gene Hackman) and sister-in-law (Estelle Parsons).
All five members of the Barrow Gang participate in over a dozen bank heists, and several times they are almost caught - but just barely manage to escape each time.
Each time they are cornered by the Police, they escape by the skin of their teeth, and each time they must change cars; one time in particular, because it was shot in the oil pan. So, when they attempt to nik a nice, new, white car, they are chased down by it's owner, Eugene Grizzard (Gene Wilder) and his wife who join the Barrow Gang untill they are abruptly abandoned on the side of a dark highway.
With no place to go and the whole state on the lookout for the Barrow Gang, they decide to visit Bonnie's mother, and then C.W.'s Father.
It is here, at C.W.'s father's home, where the Barrow gang is together for the last time, as C.W.'s father is a traitor, and decides to turn in Bonnie and Clyde to the local authorities, despite the plees of C.W. His father tells him not to be in the car comming home with Bonnie and Clyde, because this is where they meet their fate.
Ledgends are timeless and inspire stories, tall-tales, and folklore that is passed from generation to generation. The tale of Bonnie and Clyde is no different, but it is a tale worth hearing; it is an interesting tale.
Bonnie and Clyde tanked at the box office and was trashed by reviewers when it first opened. But as it grew in popularity, so did the praise, and the Academy recognition. Bonnie and Clyde ushered in a whole new way of displaying movie violence: the graphic way. There is not much blood and gore, but you do see people shot, and you do see the blood come out.
Bonnie and Clyde was a great version of a timeless American ledgend which will probably never fade from the public consciousness. Warren Beatty, as Clyde Barrow, was outstanding, ans so was the rest of the cast including Faye Dunaway as Bonnie.
Plot: 
The ledgend of Bonnie and Clyde will never fade and this movie will help it stay for a long time.
Visual Effects:
The car chases were done fairly well, and so were the gun fights.
Sound: 
Flat & Scruggs bluegrass soundtrack was done exceptionally well, and as were the "gun shot" sound effects.
Character Development:
Atmosphere:
Bonnie and Clyde is not a movie that will hook you from the beginning unless you like crime dramas or Bonnie and Clyde themselves. Still, once you are into it, you won't leave.
Realism:
Based on the life of Bonnie and Clyde, although it is a highly romanticized version of events... and some events might not have even happened.
Warren�s Rating:
Movies it was nominated with for Best Picture:
*In the Heat of the Night, (1967);
Doctor Dolittle, (1967); The Graduate, (1967);
Guess Who's Coming to Dinner, (1967)
7.57/10 Is the movie worth your time to watch?
06-10-03
Age at win: 40
Nominated for: Best Actress in a Supporting Role, Blanch Barrow, Bonnie and Clyde
Nomination: 1/2 (acting), 1/2 (total); Win: Only
Estelle Parsons plays the wife of Clyde's brother, Buck, and she does a good job of it, especially in one of the finals scenes in which she reveals the name of the "unidentified accomplice," who helps Bonnie and Clyde (C.W.).
She also does a good job in many of the gun battle scenes, too. However, Estelle has a small part in Bonnie and Clyde, but it is an important part, and she plays it very well.
22-08-03
