--- description: Directed by David Lynch title: Mulholland Dr.: Review image: https://static.time.com/v3/assets/bltea6093859af6183b/bltde093bcdab65f2d0/6988d9b9bc6cfc69913e2a3c/time-logo.jpg?branch=production --- * [Entertainment](/section/entertainment/) ## Entertainment Update your preferences in [Account Settings](/account/preferences/) Close * [movies](/tag/movies/) ## movies Update your preferences in [Account Settings](/account/preferences/) Close # _Mulholland Dr._ by [Richard Corliss](/author/richard-corliss/) ## Richard Corliss Update your preferences in [Account Settings](/account/preferences/) Close Oct 30, 2001 1:25 AM CUT by [Richard Corliss](/author/richard-corliss/) ## Richard Corliss Update your preferences in [Account Settings](/account/preferences/) Close Oct 30, 2001 1:25 AM CUT _You are getting a free preview of a TIME Magazine article from our_ [_archive_](http://time.com/vault "undefined")_. Many of our articles are reserved for subscribers only. Want access to more subscriber-only content, click_ [_here_](https://subscription.time.com/storefront/subscribe-to-time/site/td-5optionBlk-0114.html?link=1021714&fpa%5Foc=TIME.com+Archive+Promotion+Test "undefined") _to subscribe._ The director’s strongest, strangest work since the _Twin Peaks_ days begins as the tale of a starstruck blond (Naomi Watts) who hooks up with a brunet mystery woman (Laura Elena Harring). For its first 90 minutes the film motors along this noirish route–Raymond Chandler shops at Frederick’s of Hollywood–then goes defiantly, wondrously weird. This handsome, persuasively inhabited spook show reveals Lynch’s talent for fooling, unsettling and finally enthralling his audience. Viewers will feel as though they’ve just finished a great meal but aren’t sure what they’ve been served. Behind them, the chef smiles wickedly. ```json [{"@context":"https://schema.org","@type":"NewsArticle","@id":"https://time.com/3833898/mulholland-dr/","mainEntityOfPage":{"@type":"WebPage","@id":"https://time.com/3833898/mulholland-dr/"},"headline":"Mulholland Dr.","datePublished":"2001-10-30T01:25:30.000Z","dateModified":"2026-02-22T06:38:36.193Z","description":"Directed by David Lynch","url":"https://time.com/3833898/mulholland-dr/","keywords":["movies","review","David Lynch"],"thumbnailUrl":"","author":[{"@type":"Person","name":"Richard Corliss","jobTitle":null,"url":"https://time.com/author/richard-corliss/"}],"articleSection":"Entertainment","image":[],"publisher":{"@type":"Organization","name":"Time","url":"https://time.com/","logo":{"@type":"ImageObject","url":"https://time.com/images/logo.png","width":528,"height":156},"foundingDate":"March 3, 1923","sameAs":["https://www.facebook.com/time","https://www.instagram.com/time/?hl=en","https://twitter.com/time","https://www.pinterest.com/timemagazine"]}},{"@context":"https://schema.org","@type":"BreadcrumbList","itemListElement":[{"@type":"ListItem","position":1,"item":{"@id":"/section/entertainment/","name":"Entertainment"}},{"@type":"ListItem","position":2,"item":{"@id":"/tag/movies/","name":"movies"}},{"@type":"ListItem","position":3,"item":{"@id":"https://time.com/3833898/mulholland-dr/","name":"Mulholland Dr."}}]}] ```