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Bright Lights, Big City

1988

James Bridges

Michael J. Fox, Phoebe Cates, Jason Robards, Swoosie Kurtz ...

5.1

582

Drama Jamie Conway is a disillusioned young writer living in New York City who turns to drugs and drinking to block out the memories of his dead mother and estranged wife.

	Media	Author	Review
		Janet Maslin The New York Times	"It may not capture Mr. McInerney's novel completely or even succeed in standing on its own, but it does go a long way toward bringing the book to life"
		Hal Hinson The Washington Post	"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."
		Roger Ebert rogerebert.com	"Fox is very good in the central role (...) To his credit, he never seems to be having fun as he journeys through club land (…) Rating: ★★★½ (out of 4)"
		Sheila Benson Los Angeles Times	"While Bridges is a capital stylist, 'Bright Lights' needed a great deal more than style (...) You may want to care about Fox, but it’s absolutely impossible to believe him"
		Nathan Rabin AV Club	"'Big City' is a film of glossy surfaces and facile pretensions, aided and hindered by Fox's extraordinarily likeable, utterly unconvincing lead performance"
		William Thomas Empire	"An insipid '80s nostalgia piece really, held together by Fox's performance and several neat turns from his support (…) Rating: ★★★ (out of 5)"

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