

Wild at Heart
A wild and crazy love story.
Young lovers Sailor and Lula hit the road to start a new life together away from the wrath of Lula’s deranged, disapproving mother, who has hired a team of hitmen to cut the lovers’ surreal honeymoon short.
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7.0/10
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- Status
- Released
- Budget
- $9.5M
- Box office
- $14.6M
- Language
- English
- witch
- hotel room
- based on novel or book
- hitman
- texas
- car journey
- new orleans, louisiana
- dark comedy
- forbidden love
- melancholy
- surrealism
- romance
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Produced in
United States of America, Germany
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Release dates
United StatesUS
- TheatricalR17 Aug 1990
United KingdomGB
- Theatrical1824 Aug 1990
- Physical18Blu-ray / Steelbook25 Oct 2010
- Physical18Blu-ray repackaged 4 Apr 2012
- Physical18The Criterion Collection 4k Ultra HD Blu-ray23 Nov 2023
AustraliaAU
- TheatricalR 18+15 Nov 1990
ArgentinaAR
- Theatrical1827 Sept 1990
BrazilBR
- Theatrical1617 Aug 1990
- Theatrical (limited)16São Paulo, São Paulo, CineSesc (Retrospectiva Do Onírico ao Real – Uma Homenagem a David Lynch) (4K Restored Version)20 Feb 2025
DenmarkDK
- Theatrical1521 Sept 1990
EstoniaEE
- PremieretARTuff Tartu Love Film Festival9 Aug 2025
FinlandFI
- TheatricalK-187 Sept 1990
FranceFR
- PremiereCannes Film Festival19 May 1990
- Theatrical1224 Sept 1990
- TV12Arte23 Oct 1995
- TV12Canal+ Grand Écran18 Mar 2026
GermanyDE
- Theatrical1620 Sept 1990
GreeceGR
- TheatricalK-162 Nov 1990
HungaryHU
- Theatrical1617 May 1991
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Wild at Heart was released on 17 August 1990.
Audience reviews
1- K6/10
kevin2019
1/23/2026
"Wild at Heart" quickly becomes completely incomprehensible and mired down in David Lynch's typical quagmire of self indulgence which successfully aggravates, alienates and frustrates mainstream audiences just for the hell of it which is perfectly okay, but what isn't perfectly okay is when the story is abandoned even though it is still as inconclusive at the end as it was in the beginning. The problems confronting S…
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