Storyline
The modern-day story focuses on two beautiful young vampires who are living the good nightlife in New York until love enters the picture and each has to make a choice that will jeopardize their immortality.
Directors
Cast
Kristen Johnston, Sigourney Weaver, Wallace Shawn, Malcolm McDowell, Larry Wilmore, Taylor Negron, Meredith Scott Lynn, Alicia Silverstone, Zak Orth, Scott Thomson, Justin Kirk, Gael García Bernal, Todd Barry, Krysten Ritter, Annie Kitral, Dan Stevens, Bettina Bresnan, Richard Lewis, Marilu Henner, Amir Arison
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Reviews
88
Slant Magazine
A sense of anachronism is what provides the film with its melancholy heart.
83
A surprisingly enjoyable tongue-in-cheek New York comedy from "Clueless" director Amy Heckerling, Vamps teeters on the brink of not quite working and yet still routinely lands its laughs.
70
Variety
Heckerling always manages to get her finger firmly on the pulse of the contemporary moment, and while her club-hopping heroines may be undead, they serve as adorable metaphors for what the filmmaker sees as a zombified moment in cultural history.
67
Heckerling also struggles woefully with special effects, but even then, she's capable of pulling off a beautiful sequence where Silverstone remembers a specific city block as it's evolved through the ages. Her shambling little comedy never finds a consistent groove, but it's eager to please, and has the ancient gags to do it.
60
Make no mistake, Vamps is mostly a misfire, but Heckerling still shows enough flashes of wit and wisdom that she remains hard to entirely dismiss. Don't bury that coffin just yet.
