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54 (1998)

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Reviews Counted:62

Fresh:8

Rotten:54

Average Rating:4.1/10

Consensus: Poor plot development and slow pacing keep 54 from capturing the energy of it's legendary namesake.

Runtime: 1 hr 33 mins

Genre: Dramas

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... 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]

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

Starring: Mike Myers, Ryan Phillippe, Neve Campbell, Salma Hayek, Sela Ward, Breckin Meyer, Sherry Stringfield, Ellen Albertini Dow

Director: Mark Christopher

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

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Neither a great night out nor a great night in.

Full Review Source: Channel 4 Film | comment Comment
06/18/08
Channel 4 Film
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Myers exploits every vicious, self-hating line that comes his way.

Full Review Source: Time Out | comment Comment
01/26/06
Charlotte O'Sullivan
Charlotte O'Sullivan
Time Out
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Sanitised and dramatically inept retelling of the history of one of the great sleazy success (and failure) stories. Best head out to a nightclub instead.

Full Review Source: Empire Magazine | comment Comment
01/01/00
Caroline Westbrook
Caroline Westbrook
Empire Magazine
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N/R

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Full Review Source: Village Voice | comment Comment
10/18/08
J. Hoberman
J. Hoberman
Village Voice

A more critical and resonant Hollywood movie about the glorious disco culture screams to be made.

Full Review Source: Variety | comment Comment
06/18/08
Emanuel Levy
Emanuel Levy
Variety
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A shapeless homage to the glory that was Studio 54 in its decadent heyday...

Full Review Source: TV Guide's Movie Guide | comment Comment
06/18/08
Maitland McDonagh
Maitland McDonagh
TV Guide's Movie Guide

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

Full Review Source: eFilmCritic.com | comment Comment
07/23/07
Rob Gonsalves
Rob Gonsalves
eFilmCritic.com

Myers shining moment. Too bad nobody saw it.

Full Review Source: sbs.is | comment Comment
06/08/07
Stefan Birgir Stefansson
Stefan Birgir Stefansson
sbs.is

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.

Full Review Source: EmanuelLevy.Com | comment Comment
12/18/05
Emanuel Levy
Emanuel Levy
EmanuelLevy.Com
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The writer seems helpless in finding a way to wrap up the story beyond the arrest of Rubell.

Full Review Source: Film Threat | comment Comment
12/06/05
Film Threat
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A mish-mash of bad writing, poor acting (except Myers), amateur directing and mediocre production credits.

Full Review Source: Reeling Reviews | comment Comment
04/09/05
Robin Clifford
Robin Clifford
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Full Review Source: Dark Horizons | comment Comment
03/14/05
Garth Franklin
Garth Franklin
Dark Horizons

... a wasted opportunity

Full Review Source: Arkansas Democrat-Gazette | comment Comment
01/08/05
Philip Martin
Philip Martin
Arkansas Democrat-Gazette

The 1970s were great times, but most viewers could hardly come to that conclusion based on this film.

Full Review Source: rec.arts.movies.reviews | comment Comment
07/29/04
Dragan Antulov
Dragan Antulov
rec.arts.movies.reviews

One can only hope "54" will hammer the final nail in disco's coffin. It's music that I don't want stayin' alive.

Full Review Source: Courier-Journal (Louisville, KY) | comment Comment
07/01/04
Judith Egerton
Judith Egerton
Courier-Journal (Louisville, KY)

54 is mediocre on almost all counts: acting (with a couple of exceptions), writing, direction and cinematography are uniformly bland, inoffensive and completely unmemorable.

Full Review Source: Apollo Guide | comment Comment
03/16/04
Dan Jardine
Dan Jardine
Apollo Guide

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.

Full Review Source: Kalamazoo Gazette | comment Comment
07/02/03
James Sanford
James Sanford
Kalamazoo Gazette

Qualifies as one of the more entertaining bad movies of the year.

Full Review Source: Palo Alto Weekly | comment Comment
05/20/03
Leonard Schwarz
Leonard Schwarz
Palo Alto Weekly

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.

Full Review Source: Combustible Celluloid | comment Comment
04/14/03
Jeffrey M. Anderson
Jeffrey M. Anderson
Combustible Celluloid

Every conversation seems punctuated with awkward silences and dull stares.

Full Review Source: Cincinnati Enquirer | comment Comment
10/15/02
Margaret A. McGurk
Margaret A. McGurk
Cincinnati Enquirer
 
 
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