Cult Movies

Eating Raoul (1982)

Available on DVD and Blu-ray 09/25/2012.

A sleeper hit of the early 1980s, Eating Raoul is a bawdy, gleefully amoral tale of conspicuous consumption. Mary Woronov and cult legend Paul Bartel (who also directed) portray a prudish married couple feeling put upon by the swingers who live in their apartment building. One night, by accident, they discover a way to simultaneously realize their dream of opening a little restaurant and rid themselves of the "perverts" down the hall. A mix of hilarious, anything-goes slapstick and biting satire of "me"-generation self-indulgence, Eating Raoul marks the end of the sexual revolution with a thwack.