Universal acclaim - based on 15 Critics  Critic score
distribution:   1. Positive: 14 out of 15   2. Negative: 0 out
of 15   1. Reviewed by: Staff (Not Credited)     Gus Van Sant's
direction here is supremely confident, fusing witty camerawork,
neat editing, and a jazz-oriented score to make Drugstore Cowboy
an exhilaratingly bumpy ride.   2. 100   3. Drugstore Cowboy, an
electrifying movie without one misstep or one conventional
moment. [11 Oct 1989]   4. Reviewed by: Staff (Not Credited)
No previous drug-themed film has the honesty or originality of
Gus Van Sant's drama Drugstore Cowboy.   5. 90     Van Sant
gives his material shape and an invigorating, syncopated style.
It keeps coming at you in surprising, dazzling ways.   6.
Certainly one of the best drug movies ever made.... Great
performances make this dispassionate study a memorable
experience.   7. 88   8. Reviewed by: Jay Carr     Drugstore
Cowboy, Gus Van Sant's fresh, gutsy societal underbelly film,
never wallows in picturesque down-and-outism