Critic Reviews
Party Monster (2003) Rank 2 Reviews
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stylusmagazine.com (Jen Cameron)
CineFile : il Cinema in Rete (Luciana Morelli)
Empire Magazine (--)
Two Slugs Kissing (Bren O'Callaghan)
filmcritic.com (Chris Barsanti)
Culkin and Green, both just as fabulous and pretentious as they can be, pull it off. ...read the complete Party Monster movie review at filmcritic.com (Chris Barsanti)
ViewLondon (Matthew Turner)
ShowBIZ Data (--)
Film Threat (D.W. Smith)
Overall, I have to recommend the film for its alternate take on the whole "Leaving Las Vegas," "Basketball Diaries," "Less Than Zero" drug-induced tragedy genre. ...read the complete Party Monster movie review at Film Threat (D.W. Smith)
DigitalVD.de (Oliver Anter)
Seattle Post-Intelligencer
Taking on the sneeringly blase Alig may be a cagey career move for Culkin, but it's a disappointingly thin performance. ...read the complete Party Monster movie review at Seattle Post-Intelligencer
Boxoffice Magazine
Peter Sobczynski
Sacramento Bee (Joe Baltake)
It's a cinematic party, one long, strung-out bash that starts out as a novelty and turns into something resembling forced fun before morphing into a bummer. ...read the complete Party Monster movie review at Sacramento Bee (Joe Baltake)
Denver Post (Lisa Kennedy)
In the end, for all the vibrancy, there's not much there there. Maybe that's the point, but I doubt it. ...read the complete Party Monster movie review at Denver Post (Lisa Kennedy)
Premiere Magazine (Glenn Kenny)
Better than I expected but still not entirely convincing. ...read the complete Party Monster movie review at Premiere Magazine (Glenn Kenny)
National Post (Chris Knight)
Culkin and Green are equally fine in their roles, which on the surface seem to require nothing more than mincing, prancing, posing and a bit of Clockwork Orange makeup. ...read the complete Party Monster movie review at National Post (Chris Knight)
Globe and Mail (Liam Lacey)
Gracelessly executed, it throws out mock documentary, fantasy sequences and rapid montages, but still drags on woefully, and looks like it was soaked in dirty water. ...read the complete Party Monster movie review at Globe and Mail (Liam Lacey)
Christian Science Monitor (David Sterritt)
The plot is sordid and predictable -- indiscriminate nightclubbing leads to escalating drugs, promiscuity, and violence. ...read the complete Party Monster movie review at Christian Science Monitor (David Sterritt)
Future Movies UK (Nik Huggins)
The Movie Chicks
Philadelphia Inquirer
The Globe and Mail (Toronto) (Liam Lacey)
Alig's superficiality seems to have been his only talent. His banality is a problem that the film can't overcome. ...read the complete Party Monster movie review at The Globe and Mail (Toronto) (Liam Lacey)
Portland Oregonian (Kim Morgan)
So what is the picture saying? With its uneven tone, flat direction (on bad-looking digital video) and varied performances, very little. ...read the complete Party Monster movie review at Portland Oregonian (Kim Morgan)
San Francisco Chronicle (Peter Hartlaub)
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. ...read the complete Party Monster movie review at San Francisco Chronicle (Peter Hartlaub)
Premiere (Glenn Kenny)
Better than I expected but still not entirely convincing. As a cautionary tale for demimonde-sters, though, it has its useful points--never argue about money while you're in a K-hole, that sort of thing. ...read the complete Party Monster movie review at Premiere (Glenn Kenny)
St. Paul Pioneer Press (Chris Hewitt)
The New York Times (A.O. Scott)
His (Culkin's) performance is earnest and brave, but also mannered when it should be un-self-conscious, and awkward when grace is called for. ...read the complete Party Monster movie review at The New York Times (A.O. Scott)
FilmStew.com
Homer Simpson, in a moment of astute, no doubt Duff-influenced observation once declared, âI like my beer cold, my TV loud, and my homosexuals flaming!â As such, Homer would have liked Party Monster, a sordid, cathartic tale of misbehavior starring ...read the complete Party Monster movie review at FilmStew.com
Chicago Reader (Jonathan Rosenbaum)
If this were witty, it might have qualified as a downtown version of "All About Eve"; if it were believable, I wouldn't have come away feeling that the actors (including Dylan McDermott and Chloe Sevigny) were wasted. ...read the complete Party Monster movie review at Chicago Reader (Jonathan Rosenbaum)
Variety (Dennis Harvey)
A colorful, lurid and ultimately so-what look at obnoxious personalities careening down their own road to ruin. ...read the complete Party Monster movie review at Variety (Dennis Harvey)
New York Times (A.O. Scott)
[A] muddled, sometimes touching movie. ...read the complete Party Monster movie review at New York Times (A.O. Scott)
Boxoffice Magazine (Annlee Ellingson)
One is left wondering, whose story is this, anyway? ...read the complete Party Monster movie review at Boxoffice Magazine (Annlee Ellingson)
New York Post (Lou Lumenick)
Devotes most of its energy to its costumes and makeup, which are fabulous. But that and a tabloid-worthy star just aren't enough to revisit this sordid tale as a kind of twisted comedy. ...read the complete Party Monster movie review at New York Post (Lou Lumenick)
Chicago Tribune (Mark Caro)
In the end you don't believe what you're watching, and you don't care. This party is a drag. ...read the complete Party Monster movie review at Chicago Tribune (Mark Caro)
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