Wild at Heart has an IQ Score of 115/200 on TV Intelligentsia's Intelligence Quotient rubric, placing it in the Competent tier.
Engages without demanding much, watchable and reasonably crafted
Score Breakdown
IQ = round((Cognitive × 0.4 + Educational × 0.35 + Craft × 0.25) × 4)
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The TVI Take
A couple on the run from the woman's mother. David Lynch's Palme d'Or winner is deliberately excessive.
Nicolas Cage and Laura Dern are exceptional. The formal register is pure Lynch, everything pushed to the edge of coherence. Educational value is minimal but the craft is exceptional.
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