U-Turn, ici commence l'enfer

Je peux compter ce qui me reste des années 90 sur les doigts d'une main, car je regardais tout à l'époque, y compris les comédies romantiques avec Meg Ryan. U Turn en faisait partie, et maintenant je regrette de ne pas en avoir plus en réserve, car le souvenir de ces bardes cinématographiques est une gourmandise. Juste au moment où vous pensez que rien ne vous surprendra plus après l'apparition du mécanicien automobile fou et plein de graisse Billy Bob Thornton ou du violent pervers  Nick Nolte, Joaquin Phoenix, en mec artificiel et nerveux, entre en scène et vous êtes aux anges. Néanmoins, j'ai un petit problème avec ce film d'Oliver Stone - aussi grand soit-il dans un début atmosphérique accélérant dans la situation de plus en plus absurde du personnage principal, auquel s'ajoute le mélange incongru de drame et de comédie, que même Morricone n'arriverait pas à gérer. Pour finir, tout devient incontrôlable, un totale lâcher prise de la logique scénaristique. (16/10/2020)

Darned bad luck. Oliver Stone played around with absolutely everything he could. Unreal camera and editing; you don’t often get that in movies like this. Excellent actors too, Sean Penn taking the throne. A first-rate, but also slightly weird movie. - What happened to your hand? - An accident. - You've got to be more careful. (29/06/2010)

Weird film, that's the first thing that comes to mind when I think of U-Turn. Emotionally it’s a very cold film that just fizzles through your head. I’m not saying I was bored, but it is weak for Stone standards. Among those worth mentioning are the chubby, charmingly dirty Bob Thorthon (unrecognizable!) and the then-unknown Jeniffer with her sexy proportions. (11/05/2003)

Formally, it has a brilliant style with an incredibly refined cinematography, filters, and excellently interwoven musical inserts. Emotionally, however, it’s very cold. Whether it was the intention is hard to say (though it did seem that way to me towards the end), but I didn't believe the acting of the film's key figure, Jennifer Lopez, for even a minute – yes, beauty for sure, but no talent. Sean Penn, on the other hand, is outstanding. The basic plotline is unfortunately too simple and as such, will not satisfy many film enthusiasts. The Indian moralizing babble can be survived, just like the literally insane ending, where a smile from ear to ear is obligatory. Crazy, twisted, depressing, deranged. Oliver Stone and his genre deviation, or one slightly controversial variation on film noir. (28/09/2006)

It's like eating mushrooms and finding yourself in a strange state where perspective is erased and sound cuts you like a saber on your bare skin. Somewhere, the combination of Stone's eccentricity with Ennio Morricone's overwrought soundtrack is pretty successful, but sometimes this experiment loses its way and staggers over the gorge of exaggeration. Luckily, it always saved by the hand of the excellent cast and a rather successful redneck prank. It's pretty obvious that Stone is trying so hard to find himself until he gets lost... And unfortunately, that lasted to this day. (09/01/2004)