Bright Lights, Big City

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Audience Member It's a big city with bright lights but that doesn't mean everything is shining brightly The late James Bridges directs Michael J. Fox, Kiefer Sutherland, and Phoebe Cates Jaime is miserable having moved to NYC from Kansas; he would rather be a writer than be at his job, is divorced from his fast-rising model wife, and his mother just passed away He hangs with his buddy Tad drowning in alcohol and drugs His dependency starts increasing too as his many one-night stands with hundreds of women How will he turns things around for the better? A lot of this is just Fox moseying and moping around unable to face his own problems It's quite unremarkable There isn't enough energy to get things in motion Rated 2/5 Stars •  Rated 2 out of 5 stars 04/06/23 Full Review Cutter75 First watched this movie when I was 13 and hated it watched it again at 34 and really appreciated it Rated 4/5 Stars •  Rated 4 out of 5 stars 03/12/23 Full Review Shioka O It was kinda boring, I prefer Casualties of War for the non comical J.Fox because I think it worked well. Soundtrack and score is pure 80s. Smooth visual. Rated 1.5/5 Stars •  Rated 1.5 out of 5 stars 10/23/22 Full Review Audience Member If you read the novel, this movie is a disappointment based on the main fact that it starts 108 pages in. I personally enjoyed and would have like to seen play out on screen some of the first half of the book. This was shocking since the author worked on the screen play. Casting was great and Michael J Fox did a fantastic dramatic performance. Overall the movie felt like it was over too quickly and didn't really go anywhere. Rated 3/5 Stars •  Rated 3 out of 5 stars 02/22/23 Full Review steve d Fox isn't a good enough actor to make it work. Rated 2/5 Stars •  Rated 2 out of 5 stars 03/30/23 Full Review Audience Member You have to watch it twice. I watched this movie once and thought it was average, the second time it was brilliant. Why? Well everyones saying the movie is slow however the movie moves at a fast pace for the character not for us. The nightclub scenes are fun and we can see how Jamie (Michael J Fox) interacts and tries to make things right. Following the characters there are hints and the mis en scene demonstrates the characters development throughout the film. For example when Jamie removes his sunglasses he sees the world in a better light. Everything is cleverly connected and thought out all the way from the first to the last frame. At the end of the movie everything fits together brilliantly and you finally make sense of whats happened. Rated 5/5 Stars •  Rated 5 out of 5 stars 01/18/23 Full Review Read all reviews

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