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Movie critics combined give Party Monster (2003) a score of 2.2243 out of 4
based on (126) reviews
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Excellent
4
Excellent
(3)
Very Good
3
Very Good
(57)
Good
2
Good
(39)
Fair
1
Fair
(25)
Poor
0
Poor
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Party Monster (2003) scores a combined 1.20 out of 4 stars for Washington Post (Michael O'Sullivan)Washington Post (Michael O'Sullivan)
The psychologizing in Party Monster never goes deeper than what you might get out of Dr. Phil on a bad day. ...read the complete Party Monster movie review at Washington Post (Michael O'Sullivan)
Party Monster (2003) scores a combined 1.20 out of 4 stars for The Onion (A.V. Club) (Nathan Rabin)The Onion (A.V. Club) (Nathan Rabin)
The film's only real bright spot is Seth Green, who, as Culkin's sidekick, brings Party Monster a droll wit it otherwise lacks. It's such a dreary mess that when Culkin insists that life in prison isn't too different from being a club kid, it's all too ...read the complete Party Monster movie review at The Onion (A.V. Club) (Nathan Rabin)
Party Monster (2003) scores a combined 1.00 out of 4 stars for Rolling Stone (Peter Travers)Rolling Stone (Peter Travers)
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Party Monster (2003) scores a combined 1.00 out of 4 stars for New York Daily News (Jami Bernard)New York Daily News (Jami Bernard)
Macaulay Culkin still can't act, and it's no longer cute. His performance in Party Monster is so embarrassing one doesn't know where to look. ...read the complete Party Monster movie review at New York Daily News (Jami Bernard)
Party Monster (2003) scores a combined 1.00 out of 4 stars for New York Daily News (Jami Bernard)New York Daily News (Jami Bernard)
[Culkin's] performance in Party Monster is so embarrassing one doesn't know where to look. (Well, perhaps at the exit.) ...read the complete Party Monster movie review at New York Daily News (Jami Bernard)
Party Monster (2003) scores a combined 1.00 out of 4 stars for Milwaukee Journal Sentinel (Paul Doro)Milwaukee Journal Sentinel (Paul Doro)
Hedonism deserves better representation. ...read the complete Party Monster movie review at Milwaukee Journal Sentinel (Paul Doro)
Party Monster (2003) scores a combined 1.00 out of 4 stars for Sun Publications (Chicago, IL) (Josh Larsen)Sun Publications (Chicago, IL) (Josh Larsen)
...offers a limited authenticity, for it never delves behind the copious amounts of makeup its subjects wear. ...read the complete Party Monster movie review at Sun Publications (Chicago, IL) (Josh Larsen)
Party Monster (2003) scores a combined 1.00 out of 4 stars for Detroit Free Press (Terry Lawson)Detroit Free Press (Terry Lawson)
There is nothing remotely affecting about Party Monster . ...read the complete Party Monster movie review at Detroit Free Press (Terry Lawson)
Party Monster (2003) scores a combined 1.00 out of 4 stars for Seattle Times (Moira MacDonald)Seattle Times (Moira MacDonald)
We begin the film not knowing what brought Michael and James together. We end, after a too-long 98 minutes, precisely the same way. ...read the complete Party Monster movie review at Seattle Times (Moira MacDonald)
Party Monster (2003) scores a combined 1.00 out of 4 stars for Salt Lake Tribune (Sean Means)Salt Lake Tribune (Sean Means)
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. ...read the complete Party Monster movie review at Salt Lake Tribune (Sean Means)
Party Monster (2003) scores a combined 1.00 out of 4 stars for Boston Globe (Ty Burr)Boston Globe (Ty Burr)
"Prison isn't all that different from a nightclub,'' comments Alig toward the end. Funny; this movie isn't all that different from prison. ...read the complete Party Monster movie review at Boston Globe (Ty Burr)
Party Monster (2003) scores a combined 1.00 out of 4 stars for Rolling Stone (Peter Travers)Rolling Stone (Peter Travers)
Feels fake, forced and indigestible. ...read the complete Party Monster movie review at Rolling Stone (Peter Travers)
Party Monster (2003) scores a combined 1.00 out of 4 stars for Boston Herald (David Brudnoy)Boston Herald (David Brudnoy)
...read the complete Party Monster movie review at Boston Herald (David Brudnoy)
Party Monster (2003) scores a combined 1.00 out of 4 stars for Boston Herald (Paul Sherman)Boston Herald (Paul Sherman)
...read the complete Party Monster movie review at Boston Herald (Paul Sherman)
Party Monster (2003) scores a combined 1.00 out of 4 stars for Austin Chronicle (Marc Savlov)Austin Chronicle (Marc Savlov)
A colorful mess, all style and substances and little else. ...read the complete Party Monster movie review at Austin Chronicle (Marc Savlov)
Party Monster (2003) scores a combined 1.00 out of 4 stars for One Guy's Opinion (Frank Swietek)One Guy's Opinion (Frank Swietek)
...read the complete Party Monster movie review at One Guy's Opinion (Frank Swietek)
Party Monster (2003) scores a combined 1.00 out of 4 stars for Boston GlobeBoston Globe
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Party Monster (2003) scores a combined 1.00 out of 4 stars for That Cow (Andrew Bradford)That Cow (Andrew Bradford)
...read the complete Party Monster movie review at That Cow (Andrew Bradford)
Party Monster (2003) scores a combined 1.00 out of 4 stars for Rolling Stone (Peter Travers)Rolling Stone (Peter Travers)
This film feels fake, forced and indigestible. ...read the complete Party Monster movie review at Rolling Stone (Peter Travers)
Party Monster (2003) scores a combined 0.80 out of 4 stars for Washington Post (Ann Hornaday)Washington Post (Ann Hornaday)
The wanton fabulistas of Party Monster are as boring and insignificant as the very "normals and drearies" they so contemptuously deride. ...read the complete Party Monster movie review at Washington Post (Ann Hornaday)
Party Monster (2003) scores a combined 0.80 out of 4 stars for LA Weekly (Ernest Hardy)LA Weekly (Ernest Hardy)
There's really only one reason to see Party Monster, and that's Seth Green's scene-stealing performance as former (and somewhat reluctant) New York club kid James St. James, the boy who would be queen. ...read the complete Party Monster movie review at LA Weekly (Ernest Hardy)
Party Monster (2003) scores a combined 0.80 out of 4 stars for Wall Street Journal (Joanne Kaufman)Wall Street Journal (Joanne Kaufman)
The distance between tawdry and tedious can be amazingly short. It is traveled with Concorde speed in the arch Party Monster. ...read the complete Party Monster movie review at Wall Street Journal (Joanne Kaufman)
Party Monster (2003) scores a combined 0.80 out of 4 stars for Netflix (James Rocchi)Netflix (James Rocchi)
Fact-based story of drugs and death in "clubland" is boring and banal, failing in its attempt to shock and scandalize. ...read the complete Party Monster movie review at Netflix (James Rocchi)
Party Monster (2003) scores a combined 0.50 out of 4 stars for Steve RhodesSteve Rhodes
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Party Monster (2003) scores a combined 0.50 out of 4 stars for Detroit News (Tom Long)Detroit News (Tom Long)
As wasteful an example of indie-picture indulgence and incompetence as you're likely to find. ...read the complete Party Monster movie review at Detroit News (Tom Long)
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Party Monster (2003) is ranked overall as out of 4 stars
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