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Bright Lights, Big City
Directed by
James Bridges
R
1988
1h 47m
Drama
,
Romance
5.7
59%
38%
5.7
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A disillusioned young writer living in New York City turns to drugs and drinking to block out bad memories and personal tragedy.
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Cast of Bright Lights, Big City
Michael J. Fox
Jamie
Kiefer Sutherland
Tad
Phoebe Cates
Amanda
Swoosie Kurtz
Megan
Frances Sternhagen
Clara
Tracy Pollan
Vicky
John Houseman
Mr. Vogel
Charlie Schlatter
Michael
David Warrilow
Rittenhouse
Dianne Wiest
Mother
Alec Mapa
Yasu Wade
William Hickey
Ferret Man
Gina Belafonte
Kathy
Sam Robards
Rich Vanier
Bernard Zette
Stevie
Marika Blossfeldt
Bald Girl
Jessica Lundy
Theresa
Kelly Lynch
Elaine
Peter Boyden
Maitre d'
Annabelle Gurwitch
Barbara
Bright Lights, Big City Ratings & Reviews
Newark Star-Ledger
Richard Freedman
"Bright Lights, Big City" is the real thing.
L.A. Weekly
John Powers
For despite its glitzy subject matter, the story is utterly conventional.
Sojourner
Kathi Maio
Bright Lights, Big City is no worse than most movies that present a selfindulgent, self-pitying WASP male view of the world.
United Press International
Cathy Burke
Jamie may be less articulate and inspired than Holden Caulfield, but he seems as genuine a spokesman for his time.
Film Freak Central
Walter Chaw
Flyblown, devoid of pace and heat; it's such a mortician's slab that it's hard to even tell if the Fox performance is wasted on it, though I suspect it is.
Filmcritic.com
Don Willmott
truth be told, nothing much happens other than a series of increasingly mortifying benders
ColeSmithey.com
Cole Smithey
Pure '80s rock 'n' roll fun from start to finish.
Apollo Guide
Ryan Cracknell
Even when the story lingers at times, the central character is played so strongly that you can still stay with the film.
New York Times
Janet Maslin
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.
eFilmCritic.com
Brian Mckay
This slice of New York yuppie angst is watchable, but forgettable.
Moviehole
Caffeinated Clint
Moves at a snails pace, but it's worthwhile sticking in for performances like this
eFilmCritic.com
Scott Weinberg
Not unlike its cousin, "Less Than Zero," this one's slick, well-acted, surface-deep, and enjoyably disturbing.
Chicago Sun-Times
Roger Ebert
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).
Washington Post
Desson Thomson
Along the gruesome road to self-discovery, Bright Lights offers some entertaining, episodic, danceable highlights.
Washington Post
Hal Hinson
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.
Deseret News (Salt Lake City)
Chris Hicks
There is no question that this is Fox's film, and the range of emotion he shows, the edginess that he brings to the role will doubtless surprise those who think of him strictly as Alex P. Keaton or Marty McFly.
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