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Party Monster (2003)

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Reviews Counted:73

Fresh:19

Rotten:54

Average Rating:4.3/10

Consensus: The lurid display of camp soon turns tedious.

Rated: Not Rated

Runtime: 1 hr 39 mins

Genre: Comedies

Theatrical Release:Sep 5, 2003 Limited

Box Office: $296,665

Synopsis: With PARTY MONSTER, directors Fenton Bailey and Randy Barbato (THE EYES OF TAMMY FAYE) rework their 1999 shockumentary into a feature film. Based on the book by James St. James, PARTY MONSTER tells... With PARTY MONSTER, directors Fenton Bailey and Randy Barbato (THE EYES OF TAMMY FAYE) rework their 1999 shockumentary into a feature film. Based on the book by James St. James, PARTY MONSTER tells the lurid tale of Michael Alig (Macauley Culkin), a self-made party promoter who made a big splash in New York City nightclubs in the 1980s and early '90s. Told in shifting perspectives between Alig and James (an utterly fabulous Seth Green), the film recounts the events that eventually landed Alig in jail for manslaughter. The story begins like so many others: an innocent, fresh-faced Midwesterner arrives in New York City with dreams of superstardom. And after a brief bit of struggling, Michael turns his fantasy into a reality. Soon, the confident youngster is the toast of the town, throwing parties at the infamous Limelight for owner Peter Gatien (Dylan McDermott). But eventually he succumbs to drug abuse and paranoia, which climaxes in the murder of his drug dealer, Angel (Wilson Cruz). Bailey and Barbato recreate this wild moment in history with glee, and they pack their film with enough celebrity firepower (Chloe Sevigny, Natasha Lyonne, Marilyn Manson) to glamorize the story even further. [More]

Starring: Macaulay Culkin, Seth Green, Wilson Cruz, Chloe Sevigny

Starring: Macaulay Culkin, Seth Green, Wilson Cruz, Chloe Sevigny, Natasha Lyonne, Wilmer Valderrama, Diana Scarwid, Dylan McDermott, Marilyn Manson

Director: Fenton Bailey, Randy Barbato

Director: Fenton Bailey, Randy Barbato
Screenwriter: Fenton Bailey, Randy Barbato
Producer: Fenton Bailey, Randy Barbato, Jon Marcus, Brad Simpson, Christine Vachon
Composer: Jimmy Harry
Studio: ContentFilm

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May 1, 2008

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Full Review Source: Empire Magazine | comment Comment
12/30/06
Empire Magazine
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Full Review Source: Time Out | comment Comment
06/24/06
Derek Adams
Derek Adams
Time Out

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Full Review Source: Film Threat | comment Comment
12/06/05
Film Threat

Rule No. 1: If you use black humor in a film about real-life characters and events, make sure you have a feel for it first.

Full Review Source: Las Vegas CityLife | comment Comment
03/30/04
Matt Kelemen
Matt Kelemen
Las Vegas CityLife

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Full Review Source: Boston Herald | comment Comment
02/02/04
Paul Sherman
Paul Sherman
Boston Herald

Culkin se esforça, mas não convence como o bissexual Michael Alig. Em contrapartida, Seth Green rouba o filme com sua ótima performance.

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02/02/04
Pablo Villaca
Pablo Villaca
Cinema em Cena

So awful, it’s almost good.

Full Review Source: Planet Sick-Boy | comment Comment
01/22/04
Jon Popick
Jon Popick
Planet Sick-Boy

Never has the Manhattan club scene ever looked so tedious; this film makes a powerful argument for staying home and renting a movie.

Full Review Source: Capital Times (Madison, WI) | comment Comment
01/22/04
Rob Thomas
Rob Thomas
Capital Times (Madison, WI)
N/R

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Full Review Source: Guardian [UK] | comment Comment
01/15/04
Guardian [UK]

Perhaps Party Monster’s limited distribution will keep this clunker from interrupting Seth Green's rise to the top of the Hollywood food chain.

Full Review Source: FilmStew.com | comment Comment
12/15/03
Todd Gilchrist
Todd Gilchrist
FilmStew.com

It's the drunk-guy- at-the-party syndrome: The only one truly entertained by the clown with the lamp shade on his head is the clown with the lamp shade on his head -- or folks similarly inebriated.

Full Review Source: Philadelphia Inquirer | comment Comment
12/12/03
Steven Rea
Steven Rea
Philadelphia Inquirer
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A mess.

Full Review Source: Houston Chronicle | comment Comment
12/05/03
Eric Harrison
Eric Harrison
Houston Chronicle
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Memo to Macaulay Culkin: When your latest cinematic 'comeback' attempt is a film like Party Monster, maybe remaining in career limbo wasn't such a bad idea.

Full Review Source: Deseret News, Salt Lake City | comment Comment
12/05/03
Jeff Vice
Jeff Vice
Deseret News, Salt Lake City

The look, like Culkin's self-consciously manic performance, is all surface -- which may be the point of profiling these empty lives, but not enough reason to make us watch.

Full Review Source: Salt Lake Tribune | comment Comment
12/05/03
Sean Means
Sean Means
Salt Lake Tribune

Fact-based story of drugs and death in "clubland" is boring and banal, failing in its attempt to shock and scandalize.

Full Review Source: Netflix | comment Comment
11/20/03
James Rocchi
James Rocchi
Netflix

We begin the film not knowing what brought Michael and James together. We end, after a too-long 98 minutes, precisely the same way.

Full Review Source: Seattle Times | comment Comment
11/14/03
Moira MacDonald
Moira MacDonald
Seattle Times

"... equal parts freakish fashion show and tawdry melodrama of the rise and fall of a superficial celebrity."

Full Review Source: Seattle Post-Intelligencer | comment Comment
11/13/03
Sean Axmaker
Sean Axmaker
Seattle Post-Intelligencer

As a human document 'Party Monster' is pretty much a disaster...shapeless and sloppy.

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11/10/03
Frank Swietek
Frank Swietek
One Guy's Opinion

Like Alig, Party Monster is a colorful mess, all style and substances and little else.

Full Review Source: Austin Chronicle | comment Comment
11/09/03
Marc Savlov
Marc Savlov
Austin Chronicle

In the end, for all the vibrancy, there's not much there there. Maybe that's the point, but I doubt it.

Full Review Source: Denver Post | comment Comment
11/07/03
Lisa Kennedy
Lisa Kennedy
Denver Post
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