Wild at Heart is the least objectionable Lynch film we’ve seen thus far, but that’s not really saying much. We absolutely loved Nicolas Cage’s character, Sailor, but the movie is really poorly written and Lula (played by Laura Dern) gets raped or almost-raped more times than we’re comfortable with. Characters disappear and reappear, the plot wanders all over the place, The Wizard of Oz gets referenced ubiquitously and for no discernable purpose, and the whole thing’s about 20 minutes too long.
Much like Vampire’s Kiss, this movie is extremely fun to watch at times but far too problematic (and boring) to make us really enjoy it.

