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Bright Young Things (2003) Rank 2 Reviews
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The (Georgetown) Hoya
Combustible Celluloid (Jeffrey M. Anderson)
stylusmagazine.com (Dave Micevic)
Chicago Tribune (Michael Wilmington)
Seattle Post-Intelligencer
Despite some moments, the movie stubbornly fails to be the kind of sparkling ensemble piece one would expect from its credits -- and the fault seems to lie squarely with Fry's unfocused script, lackadaisical direction and conceptual sleight of hand. ...read the complete Bright Young Things movie review at Seattle Post-Intelligencer
Xi-online (Bregtje Schudel)
Boxoffice Magazine
Boxoffice Magazine
Rolling Stone (Peter Travers)
How clever of actor Stephen Fry ( Wilde ): He makes his debut as a director by adapting Evelyn Waugh's 1930 novel Vile Bodies -- about gossipy, fashion and sex-obsessed British party animals -- into a movie that would make Paris Hilton feel at home. Fry ...read the complete Bright Young Things movie review at Rolling Stone (Peter Travers)
Steve Rhodes
When one of the story's vapid characters decides to committee suicide, don't be surprised if you find that you couldn't care less. This insufferable and inconsequential film finally comes to its obvious end, only to decide that it wants to graft another ...read the complete Bright Young Things movie review at Steve Rhodes
Village Voice (Ed Park)
Aside from cameos by Jim Broadbent (as the drunken major) and Peter O'Toole (as Nina's reclusive, eccentric father), much of the acting strains for a sophistication that quickly becomes annoying. ...read the complete Bright Young Things movie review at Village Voice (Ed Park)
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