Only 11 at the time, [Dunst's] range is extraordinary, and she easily outclasses her adult male co-stars in every scene.

Horribly exciting, shocking and funny.

Director Neil Jordan has always had an affinity for underdogs, and he has created a film that can be viewed as empathetic to any oppressed group. Homosexuals may claim it as their emotional story

…Neil Jordan's film is a rare sensitive blockbuster which gives a real sense of loneliness and tells of unhappy, melancholy spirits; Brad Pitt’s Louis is a memorably dark, disconnected character up against Tom Cruise’s flamboyant Lestat….