n my opinion it was a great movie with some interesting elements, even though having some plot holes and the ending probably was just too messy and crammed together, but still fun to watch and not your casual movie that is similar to all other ones.

The biggest problem with this movie is it’s a little better than you think it might be, which somehow makes it worse. As in, it takes itself a bit too seriously, which makes most of the movie feel kind of dull.

The plot isn't so bad, but the pace of storytelling is too slow which makes people bored. Certain moments are so obvious and unnecessary for the main plot. I would've fast-forwarded those moments if it was an online streaming. The ending looks like implying a sequel, not sure if this movie will get one

Great example of an old-fashioned, pure-at-heart escapist event movie that doesn't pretend to be anything that it's not and has boat loads of fun being its own ludicrous self.

Famous underground road movie from the 90s, The Doom Generation is part of the Teenage Apocalypse Trilogy whose controversial side helped to build the director's career. Mixture of psychedelic colours and every sort of insults come one after another along with a shoegazy soundtrack (Slowdive, Lush, Ride…) and scenes from an off the wall world. And if we have trouble in guessing where Araki wants to take us and the message he wants to deliver, the viewer, as a real rubberneck, takes great delight in enjoying those gore, crazy and sexual scenes. This doomed generation is perfectly represented by Rose McGowan (her debut and best performance), James Duval (the director's all time favourite actor) and the loony Johnathon Schaech. This marginal trio rises like an opposite, shocking and attractive stance against the conservative and puritanical America that Araki condemns. If the reviews were lukewarm upon its release, the movie never stopped to raise its profile, especially thanks to his odd atmosphere, and finally became a cult movie. Full review on our blog : https://losindiscretos.org/English/the-doom-generation- 1995-gregg-araki-en

-You could find a minimal spoiler-It is a cool movie full of memorable quotes and phrases. It has a strange topic and it makes no sense, but it also has that special ingredient to make it interesting. The three main characters are very special and they make connections through the lighter which is a curious detail. It is a teenage movie, a cult of messed up teens and dark comedy with edgy hotel rooms and rude language. It is the kind of movie that makes you wish you meet people like that and have almost the same adventures Another thing that makes it special is the details, it is full of them!We can call it a 'cult' movie.

Worth a look if you absolutely positively must see Rose McGowan naked in various degrading situations, but not worth watching otherwise. This movie is not merely bad, but bad AND pretentious. The kind of movie that would have gotten the Mystery Science Theater 3000 treatment, if they could have cleaned the profanity from the soundtrack. The symbolism is laid on with a trowel; Araki must have learned that directors sometimes use color as a motif, so he saturates every frame with reds and blues and yellows. The number 666 appears numerous times - whoa! Symbol! Various sets have pithy signs on the wall - whoa! Symbol! The movie has its fans, but I simply cannot see why. Maybe Araki isn't the Ed Wood of our time, but then again, maybe he is.

I don't object to the sex or violence, or even the characters' reactions to the situations they find themselves in. What bothers me is I get the sense that the story(?) is secondary to Araki's attempt to have The Doom Generation create the same iconic cultural buzz that Pulp Fiction did the year previous. It's obvious so much time and energy was spent perfecting the crazy/sexy/cool look and feel of the movie, that the story, acting and the (cringe-inducing)dialog were duly sacrificed to achieve some kind of pop culture statement. The problem is that Araki's commentary on the younger generation was so exaggerated and trite it turned me right off and muted any semblance of plot or characterization that remained. Araki comes off like someone who has very little inherit understanding of the generation he's trying to be the mouthpiece for. Xavier licks ejaculate off of his hand, but the only reason why it exists is to 'freak out the hetero squares'. The film bursts at the seams with content that exists only to shock. The trouble is, it has a hard time even doing that.The truly sad thing is, this movie was not without potential. The premise was interesting, the look was good, but if we were given just one more good element, it might have been a watchable film. As it stands, the movie spins its wheels in the mud -- making a lot of commotion, but ultimately never going anywhere. The dialog, I'm convinced, was written solely with the purpose that at least one of the put-downs or sarcastic comebacks would somehow become a popular catchphrase amongst the hip gen-x crowd. Same with the 666 thing. That kind of gimmickry might accentuate a good film, but it also makes a bad film worse, because it comes across as pretentious and self-serving.As a film about the generation of which I'm a member (I was nineteen when this came out), I don't know if I should feel insulted or embarrassed for Araki. One thing's for sure, he should be embarrassed about making this sleazy schlock.