The sardonic, testosterone-fueled science fiction of Fight Club touches a raw nerve.
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Miami HeraldRene Rodriguez
Miami HeraldRene Rodriguez
As a piece of storytelling, Fight Club is a bit of a dud: It's a good 15 minutes too long, and the tension doesn't build the way you wish it would.
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Washington PostStephen Hunter
Washington PostStephen Hunter
A provocative experience that lights you up even as it brutalizes you. And I don't even like Brad Pitt very much.
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Baltimore SunAnn Hornaday
Baltimore SunAnn Hornaday
Keeps filmgoers wondering what will happen next even as they are repulsed by what's happening in front of them.
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USA TodayMike Clark
USA TodayMike Clark
It's fun to talk about...but the price you pay is enduring its excesses and pummeled-home thematic points.
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Chicago ReaderJonathan Rosenbaum
Chicago ReaderJonathan Rosenbaum
This exercise in mainstream masochism, macho posturing, and designer-grunge fascism is borderline ridiculous. But it also happens to be David Fincher's richest movie.
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Chicago Sun-TimesRoger Ebert
Chicago Sun-TimesRoger Ebert
But the second act is pandering and the third is trickery, and whatever Fincher thinks the message is, that's not what most audience members will get.