Mr. Bridges may not have breathed fire into this material, but he has preserved most of its better qualities. He has treated it with intelligence, respect and no undue reverence, assembling a coherent film that resists any hint of exploitation.
Bright Lights, Big City
It's 6.00 am. Do you know where you are?
1988 · 1h 47m · R
Drama, Romance
Directed by
James Bridges
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Bright Lights, Big City
Overview
A disillusioned young writer living in New York City turns to drugs and drinking to block out the memories of his dead mother and estranged wife.
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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.
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).
Along the gruesome road to self-discovery, Bright Lights offers some entertaining, episodic, danceable highlights.
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