One of the most assured first films you’ll ever see, Bound rearranges and pressurizes ‘50s noir tropes into a sexy, cathartic queer thriller.

| Jan 22, 2025

The bare-bones approach and minimal budget add a layer of rawness and authenticity.

| Original Score: 9/10 | Oct 1, 2024

This is an erotic thriller where eroticism is the agent of redemption, not damnation.

| Jun 14, 2024

1996’s Bound has Gina Gershon and Jennifer Tilly as co-conspirators and lovers in what’s not just one of the great neo-noirs, but way up there amongst mainstream Hollywood depictions of lesbian love and lust.

| Jun 13, 2024

Works as a straight up noir, but also as a nuanced exploration of what it means to be trapped - in your life, in your job, in your sexuality, and even in your expressed gender.

| Feb 13, 2024

The second part is intense, and the pace accelerates as things get crazy and blood is spilled.

| Nov 28, 2023

A perfect movie.

| Original Score: 5/5 | Oct 2, 2023

Easily one of the sexiest films ever made, Bound has undergone a significant reappraisal from queers in the wake of the Wachowski sisters coming out. This neo-noir is stylish, impeccably produced, and features all-time performances from Tilly & Gershon

| Original Score: 4/5 | Sep 20, 2023

Like so many other rob-the-mob movies, the plan seems pretty far-fetched, and the ending isn’t much of a surprise. But if you like your films sprinkled liberally with sex, violence and humor, then you’re bound to like "Bound."

| Jul 21, 2023

The Wachowskis make a better debut than their screenplay for ''Assassins'' or their credit on ''Hellraiser'' comics might promise.

| Jul 21, 2023

Bound gets its rocks off through the intimacy of its central romance: that crackling, sublime chemistry between Tilly and Gershon that begins to simmer the moment they lock eyes in an elevator and quickly froths over...

| Jun 23, 2023

Before the Wachowski sisters gave us the scoop on The Matrix, they pushed boundaries during the 90s indie boom with this neo-noir...

| Jun 20, 2023

...a compelling film-noir riff that effectively subverts one’s expectations on an impressively ongoing basis...

| Original Score: 3.5/4 | Jun 4, 2023

Bound is a snarky, dirty giggle-riff lifted straight from late-night cable.

| Dec 27, 2022

Violet and Corky both bypass the rigid noir stereotypes...

| Aug 10, 2022

Bound differs from the classic mob film and recent remakes such as Goodfellows and Millers Crossing in that its protagonists are lesbians, and the law they subvert is that of conventional heterosexuality.

| Jul 13, 2022

Brilliant as a skilled visual showcase worthy of Hitchcock or Brian De Palma, the film operates on several levels, from the emotional to the visceral.

| Original Score: 4/4 | Jul 11, 2022

Tilly slips into the role of Violet with the elegance and prowess of a woman who has worn stilettos every day of her life.

| Jun 7, 2022

The wonderful score composed by Don Davis. The stunning cinematography by Bill Pope. The writing and directing by the Wachowskis, which is both skillful and playful.

| Nov 6, 2021

Bound [is] more than a simple but sexy genre exercise, [it's] a smart and vital classic of modern queer cinema.

| Jul 1, 2021