Party Monster
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Comedy. Thriller
Set in the New York club scene of the late 1980's thru the 1990's, a tale which chronicles the rise and fall of club-kid promoter Michael Alig, a party organizer, whose extravagant life was sent spiralling downward when he boasted on television that he had killed his friend, roommate, and drug dealer, Angel Melendez. Originally from Indiana, Alig moved to New York, and came to be an underground legend, known for his excessive drug use ... [+]
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"For all its decadence, it moves effectively from outrageous camp humor to stark pathos and in the process manages to be oddly touching." | ||||
"Alig's superficiality seems to have been his only talent. His banality is a problem that the film can't overcome." | ||||
"A colorful, lurid and ultimately so-what look at obnoxious personalities careening down their own road to ruin." | ||||
"Most moviegoers will have trouble looking past Culkin the actor, who does a decent job of sending up youthful fame in a movie that's barely worth the effort." | ||||
"In the end you don't believe what you're watching, and you don't care. This party is a drag" |
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