Fight Club

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Fight Club

R

Released Oct 15, 1999

2h 19m

Mystery & Thriller

Drama

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A depressed man (Edward Norton) suffering from insomnia meets a strange soap salesman named Tyler Durden (Brad Pitt) and soon finds himself living in his squalid house after his perfect apartment is destroyed. The two bored men form an underground club with strict rules and fight other men who are fed up with their mundane lives. Their perfect partnership frays when Marla (Helena Bonham Carter), a fellow support group crasher, attracts Tyler's attention.

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Critics Consensus

Solid acting, amazing direction, and elaborate production design make Fight Club a wild ride.

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Kevin Maher

Times (UK)

From the guitar roar on the Dust Brothers' opening title track through to the thundering drums of Pixies' Where Is My Mind? it is pure synapse-splitting sensory overload and the road that commercial cinema refused to take.

Rated: 5/5

Mar 15, 2024

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Wendy Ide

Times (UK)

David Fincher’s adaptation of the Chuck Palahniuk novel is a shrewd and expertly crafted study of the male in crisis.

May 24, 2023

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Bob Thomas

Associated Press

Perhaps it is postmodern filmmaking, whatever that means. In any case, Fight Club remains the ugliest, most inhuman film since Natural Born Killers.

Rated: C-

Apr 7, 2020

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Ben Gibbons

Screen Rant

David Fincher created a masterpiece in this mind-bending psychological drama that features a star-studded cast with extraordinary twists.

Rated: 4.5/5

Oct 15, 2024

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Christopher Lloyd

The Film Yap

David Fincher's prescient rumination on manhood at the close of the 20th century was a revolutionary movie about revolutionary men in a time of complacence.

Rated: 4/5

Sep 2, 2024

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Martin Carr

CBR

Fight Club feels like a declaration of artistic intent with an axe to grind. It comes across as a tour de force from director David Fincher, and aggressively courts controversy whilst remaining a truly riveting piece of work

Rated: 8/10

Aug 22, 2024

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Cal V

My favorite film of all time

Rated 5 out of 5 stars

05/06/25

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Audience Member

Depression does all of that to you... YOU DO NOT TALK ABOUT FIGHT CLUB!!!

Rated 5 out of 5 stars

05/05/25

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ruben p

Warning: If you are reading this then this warning is for you. Every word you read of this useless fine print is another second off your life. Don't you have other things to do? Is your life so empty that you honestly can't think of a better way to spend these moments? Or are you so impressed with authority that you give respect and credence to all that claim it? Do you read everything you're supposed to read? Do you think every thing you're supposed to think? Buy what you're told to want? Get out of your apartment. Meet a member of the opposite sex. Stop the excessive shopping and masturbation. Quit your job. Start a fight. Prove you're alive. If you don't claim your humanity you will become a statistic. You have been warned- Tyler.

Rated 5 out of 5 stars

05/05/25

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Ed H

This is an excellent adaption of the book by the same name. Intriguing, exciting critique on modern materialistic / depressive culture with a twist ending. Why is this not rated 100%? If you haven't seen it yet---I already know what you're doing this evening!

Rated 5 out of 5 stars

05/04/25

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Melanie W

A cult hit! Pitt at his best, the twist of all twists.

Rated 4.5 out of 5 stars

04/26/25

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Shaun M

First rule. That is all.. just the first rule.

Rated 5 out of 5 stars

04/25/25

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Synopsis

A depressed man (Edward Norton) suffering from insomnia meets a strange soap salesman named Tyler Durden (Brad Pitt) and soon finds himself living in his squalid house after his perfect apartment is destroyed. The two bored men form an underground club with strict rules and fight other men who are fed up with their mundane lives. Their perfect partnership frays when Marla (Helena Bonham Carter), a fellow support group crasher, attracts Tyler's attention.

Director: David Fincher
Producer: Ross Grayson Bell, Ceán Chaffin, Art Linson
Screenwriter: Chuck Palahniuk, Jim Uhls
Distributor: 20th Century Fox
Production Co: Art Linson Productions, Taurus Film, New Regency Pictures, Fox 2000 Pictures
Rating: R (Disturbing Behavior|Anti-Social Behavior|Violent Behavior|Graphic Behavior|Language|Sexuality)
Genre: Mystery & Thriller, Drama
Original Language: English
Release Date (Theaters): Oct 15, 1999, Wide
Release Date (Streaming): Nov 19, 2014
Box Office (Gross USA): $37.0M
Runtime: 2h 19m
Sound Mix: Dolby SR, Dolby EX, DTS, Dolby Stereo, SDDS, DTS-ES, Dolby A, Surround, Dolby Digital
Aspect Ratio: Scope (2.35:1)

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