The first must-see film of the year.

While it doesn't offer any answers, it both thrills and makes you think.

This is a gorgeous movie made by a gorgeous spirit.

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.

Umm yeah. This film is a lot longer than it should be. Something like 30 minutes too long. However most of it hits the spot - as long as you are a fan of the television series. This is the type of film where you will be totally lost if you've never seen the television series. But yeah, the film is long in tooth towards the end but the final scene is simply beautiful and wouldn't have been as effective if you didn't more or less experience every single thing that happened to Laura Plummer on that faithful day. Now time to watch the "missing pieces" movie.

In comparison to the 30-episode TV series, "Twin Peaks: Fire Walk With Me" is approx. 130 minutes of pure, undiluted David Lynch weirdness. This means primarily two things: a) there is no soap-opera filler, b) it does not make a lick of sense. Some scenes have a hypnotic, trance-like power, but others are simply lethargic. The first section, which takes place outside of Twin Peaks, risks alienating viewers early (Chris Isaak's half-asleep performance is dreadful). The film is also surprisingly humorless; agent Cooper is barely in it, and he doesn't seem quite himself. And then there are the logistical problems, like the absence of the Hornes or Donna's unfortunate and unconvincing re-casting. As in the series, Ray Wise takes the acting honors, and Angelo Badalamenti's music is as beautiful as ever. **1/2 out of 4.

"Twin Peaks: Fire Walk With Me" is a film made just after the TV series "Twin Peaks" and covers material leading up to the beginning of the first episode of the series. The show begins with a different FBI agent (Chris Isaac) investigating the death of Teresa Banks...a year before Laura Palmer was killed by the same perpetrator. This, and a brief appearance by Kyle McLaughlen, make up the beginning portion which lasts about 20 minutes. The rest consists of seeing Laura Palmer during the final week of her life.So why did I say in the summary that it was rather unnecessary? Well, this is because there weren't any surprises....after seeing the series you know who Bob is and because of this I didn't see a lot of reason for the film. Plus, although Lara Flynn Boyle refused to appear in the movie, she was a very important character and it's obvious that Moira Kelly is NOT Boyle. Finally, the film is much grittier than the series. You couldn't show the nudity and extreme violence of the film in the TV series....but, for me, I did NOT need to see Laura's breasts or all the blood. Sorry....just didn't get a lot out of this one...even though I did enjoy the series.

Twin Peaks was a good and enjoyable TV series. This movie is terrible in comparison. For one thing, it lacks all the charm, suspense, plot twists, story lines, quirky characters, and polish that the TV series had. But even worse, there are blatant inconsistencies. For example, Laura was supposed to have had sexual relations with three men on the night of her death, and to have been attacked by the bird. In this movie we only see her with one male and she is not attacked by the bird. This movie brings almost nothing new to the plot and just summarizes what we already knew from the TV series, so I expected that it should at least try to be consistent and get the details right. The characters are dull, it drags, it has a low quality B-movie feel, and it's complete with pointless little cameos from other characters from the TV series that don't belong in Laura's story. (The majority of this movie revolves around Laura and Donna exclusively, with minor roles for Bobby, James, and Leland.) It has no suspense, but it does have some nudity and unnecessary grotesqueness. Presumably this poor excuse for a movie was a shameless attempt to cash in on the success of the TV series. I would not recommend it, even to fans of the TV series. And if you haven't seen the TV series you won't understand any of it - something that might not bother Lynch fans!