Anne Rice took out a full page ad in the New York Times saying how much she
loved this movie... after slagging it off. Tom Cruise almost acts as
Lestat, putting Brad Pitt's true-to-the-book long-haired loser
Louis in the morose shade. Both big-timers are defeated, nonetheless,
by trashtastic turns from Banderas as camp vamp Armand, and Dunst as a
doll-faced killer. Slater has little to do as the incredulous journo
getting Louis' side of the story except his trademark eyebrow raise,
but Rea has a head-splitting scene steal. As scary and sensuous as a
Disney cartoon.
