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54 (1998)

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Reviews Counted: 47 Fresh: 8  Rotten:39 Average Rating: 4.3/10
 
Consensus: Poor plot development and slow pacing keep 54 from capturing the energy of it's legendary namesake. Poor plot development and slow pacing keep 54 from capturing the energy of it's legendary namesake. more
 
Runtime: 1 hr 33 mins
Synopsis:
This broadly drawn fable takes place at the height of legendary Studio 54's delirious heyday. A cast of attractive youngsters portrays fictionalized employees and clientele of the glitzy urban playland. [More]
This broadly drawn fable takes place at the height of legendary Studio 54's delirious heyday. A cast of attractive youngsters portrays fictionalized employees and clientele of the glitzy urban playland. [Less]

Genre: Dramas

Starring: Mike Myers, Ryan Phillippe, Neve Campbell, Salma Hayek, Sela Ward

Director: Mark Christopher
Screenwriter: Mark Christopher
Composer: Marco Beltrami

DVD Info

Release:

May 8, 2000

[DVD Details]

DVD Features:

  • Region 1 Encoding
  • Keep Case
  • Music Video
  • Chapter Search

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Let me pause for a minute to think of a more boring subject for a movie ... Sorry. I give up.

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07/23/07 06:34 AM
Rob Gonsalves
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Myers shining moment. Too bad nobody saw it.

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06/08/07 03:32 PM
Stefan Birgir Stefansson
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Just as disappointing as Whit Stillman's Last Days of Disco, Marc Christopher's 54 suffers from a formulaic script that feels like a reworking of Saturday Night Fever and Boogie Nights, both superior and more entertaining pictures.

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03/14/05 10:15 PM
Garth Franklin
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... a wasted opportunity

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01/08/05 04:48 AM
Philip Martin
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07/29/04 06:40 PM
Dragan Antulov
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One can only hope "54" will hammer the final nail in disco's coffin. It's music that I don't want stayin' alive.

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07/01/04 12:52 PM
Judith Egerton
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03/16/04 05:09 PM
Dan Jardine
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a nostalgic whitewash. With its sterling beat-heavy soundtrack and non-stop glitz, the movie captures the look and sound of its inspiration much more convincingly than it conjures up the Studio 54 atmosphere.

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07/02/03 02:48 PM
James Sanford
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05/20/03 05:03 PM
Leonard Schwarz
Palo Alto Weekly
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I was hoping to be able to recommend 54 from a camp point of view, possibly the next Showgirls. But it's not. The fact is it's so uninvolving, it's not even interesting enough to be bad.

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04/14/03 03:48 PM
Jeffrey M. Anderson
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10/15/02 08:04 AM
Margaret A. McGurk
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09/10/02 08:03 AM
Kevin N. Laforest
Montreal Film Journal
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