March 3, 2011
A fantastic cast, and a heavy drama, this is a good movie, it's very 80s, I really enjoyed it, and I highly recommend it..
Michael J. Fox,
Kiefer Sutherland,
Phoebe Cates,
Swoosie Kurtz,
Frances Sternhagen
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Michael J. Fox once more makes a courageous effort to shed his nice-guy image in Bright Lights, Big City. Fox plays an impressionable Kansan who comes to the Big Apple to take a job at a major magazin... read more
DVD Release Date: August 5, 2003
Stats: 215 reviews
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February 14, 2010A movie that will intrigue you and will pull you in and show you what its like to be a cocaine addict.
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July 16, 2008This left much to be desired. I think Michael was miscast, but the plot and dialogue wasn't that great either. Some books should not be made into movies.
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May 19, 2011I honestly remembered liking this more than I did on a recent re-watch, so I have to chalk that up to the age I was when I first discovered it. The novel made a big impression on me in the '90s, so I'm guessing I watched this on broadcast television in the early to mid '90s.
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March 31, 2009Not an amazing movie, but I can't remember the last time I cried so much as during the scene where he's sitting next to his mother on her death bed.
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June 20, 2008Michael J. Fox is awesome in this movie, and much different than any other role he played...I remember being so anxious to see him in this type of movie and was very pleased at how it turned out
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September 10, 2007wow! Michael J Fox fell off completely when he did this role. He was bold in being someone so different than the majority of his other roles. still love ya mike!
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June 19, 2007One of the causes for the ozone damage in the 1980s. Look at all that hair! Think they went through several cases of areosol cans?
Critic Reviews
May 20, 2003
Janet Maslin, New York Times
January 1, 2000
Hal Hinson, 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. Full Review
January 1, 2000
Roger Ebert, Chicago Sun-Times
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). Full Review
January 1, 2000
Desson Thomson, Washington Post
Along the gruesome road to self-discovery, Bright Lights offers some entertaining, episodic, danceable highlights. Full Review
November 9, 2008
Walter Chaw, Film Freak Central
Flyblown, devoid of pace and heat; it's such a mortician's slab that it's hard to even tell if the Fox performance is wasted on it, though I suspect it is. Full Review
June 18, 2008
Don Willmott, Filmcritic.com
truth be told, nothing much happens other than a series of increasingly mortifying benders Full Review
November 2, 2006
Cole Smithey, ColeSmithey.com
Pure '80s rock 'n' roll fun from start to finish.
September 19, 2004
Rich Cline, Shadows on the Wall
muddled but engaging
August 22, 2004
Ryan Cracknell, Apollo Guide
Even when the story lingers at times, the central character is played so strongly that you can still stay with the film. Full Review
March 19, 2003
Brian Mckay, eFilmCritic.com
This slice of New York yuppie angst is watchable, but forgettable.
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