FAME READS / SCREEN NOTES
Down by Law
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Scores
- Rotten Tomatoes Tomatometer88%as of 2024-08-14
- Rotten Tomatoes average7.6/10as of 2021-10-05
- Metacritic75/100as of 2025-10-08
What it is
Down by Law is a 1986 American independent Southern Gothic neo-beat noir comedy film. It was written and directed by Jim Jarmusch, and stars the American musicians Tom Waits and John Lurie, as well as the Italian comedian Roberto Benigni in his first American film.
At a glance
- Genres
- Comedy / Drama
- Original language
- English
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