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06/24/06
Bright Lights, Big City (1988)
69 %
Reviews Counted: 16 Fresh: 11 Rotten:5 Average Rating: 5.8/10
Runtime: 1 hr 48 mins
Synopsis: The film adaptation of Jay McInerney's best-selling novel stars Michael J. Fox as yuppie New Yorker Jamie Conway, an aspiring writer whose life has fallen apart: His mother (Dianne Wiest) has died, and his model wife (Phoebe Cates) has just left him. Nightly, Jamie seeks solace in cocaine,... [More]
Genre: Dramas
Starring: Michael J. Fox, Kiefer Sutherland, Phoebe Cates, Swoosie Kurtz, Jason Robards
Director: James Bridges
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05/24/03
Top Critic
truth be told, nothing much happens other than a series of increasingly mortifying benders
06/18/08
Even when the story lingers at times, the central character is played so strongly that you can still stay with the film.
08/22/04
Mr. Bridges may not have breathed fire into this material, but he has preserved most of its better qualities. He has treated it with intelligence, respect and no undue reverence, assembling a coherent film that resists any hint of exploitation.
05/20/03
Top Critic
Not unlike its cousin, "Less Than Zero," this one's slick, well-acted, surface-deep, and enjoyably disturbing.
07/27/02
There is no question that this is Fox's film, and the range of emotion he shows, the edginess that he brings to the role will doubtless surprise those who think of him strictly as Alex P. Keaton or Marty McFly.
01/01/00
Along the gruesome road to self-discovery, Bright Lights offers some entertaining, episodic, danceable highlights.
01/01/00
The movie is like a Porsche outfitted with a lawn mower engine; there's not even enough juice to get the machine out of the driveway.
01/01/00
Fox is very good in the central role (he has a long drunken monologue that is the best thing he has ever done in a movie).
01/01/00
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