I'll never know why this was a critical failure. Maybe because it makes New York City look like a corrupt sewer? Hey, if the shoe fits . . . I guess viewers stayed away because of bad reviews. I think the ridiculous title may have had a lot to do with it too. Some of it strained credulity - he could have driven right over that tire - but then there would be no movie. I didn't understand the critical hatred years ago on my initial viewing, and I don't understand it now after re-watching twenty years later.
Review of The Bonfire of the Vanities
