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12/30/06
Party Monster (2003)
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Reviews Counted:73
Fresh:19
Rotten:54
Average Rating:4.3/10
Consensus: The lurid display of camp soon turns tedious.
Runtime: 1 hr 39 mins
Genre: Comedies
Synopsis: With PARTY MONSTER, directors Fenton Bailey and Randy Barbato (THE EYES OF TAMMY FAYE) rework their 1999 shockumentary into a feature film. Based on the book by James St. James, PARTY MONSTER tells... [More]
Starring: Macaulay Culkin, Seth Green, Wilson Cruz, Chloe Sevigny
Director: Fenton Bailey, Randy Barbato
Reviews for Party Monster
Top CriticIt's Green who, despite his straight-man role ... steals the show, with a performance of controlled engagement with both the delights and damage of the kids' lifestyle.
11/04/03
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09/06/03
It's very self-aware and probably too arch. But the effortless and inventive weaving of zany surfaces with the more sobering truths below makes the film worth seeing.
08/19/03
It's camp, trashy and altogether too silly for its own good, only proving that 23-year-old Culkin is far from leaving childish things behind.
08/27/03
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01/15/04
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05/24/03
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06/24/06
Top CriticA real-life horror show of beautiful people, which is visually striking and disturbing all at once.
09/05/03
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12/06/05
Top CriticThe film is playful and never dares take itself too seriously, and neither do the characters.
09/03/03
Top CriticCall it what you will, a morality tale, a cautionary fable, one walks away with a sense of catharsis
08/25/03
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10/28/03
Culkin and Green, both just as fabulous and pretentious as they can be, pull it off.
09/06/03
You haven't seen this many outrageous costumes since the Halloween parade on Cedar Springs.
11/06/03
The film has been superbly cast down to its smallest roles, and the talent and energy of the performers give it a zing that, indeed, makes much of it one big party.
09/09/03
It's a fun movie, for the most part. Its only trouble is that it doesn't add up to as much as it thinks it does.
02/01/03
Culkin acquitting himself all well and good, its going to be Seth Green that commands that transition spotlight into the next phase of his career.
02/07/03
[Culkin and Green's] assortment of vocal tics, nervous laughs and over-the-top 'nancy-ness' often are very funny and appropriately giddy.
09/04/03
A bold and engrossing drama.
09/04/03
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