Movie on DVD Review

Bright Lights, Big City (Special Edition) (2008)

EW's GRADE
C

Details Release Date: Sep 02, 2008; DVD Release Date: Sep 02, 2008; Movie Rated: R; With: Michael J. Fox

Big hair. New Order. Phoebe Cates. Yup, it's the '80s. Bright Lights, Big City never did justice to Jay McInerney's best-selling novel about urban excess — Fox was woefully miscast as a coke-addled fact-checker. But fans of the book will enjoy the EXTRAS: In an interview, McInerney reveals that he hit upon his famous first line (''You are not the kind of guy who would be at a place like this...'') while trashed at a nightclub. C

Originally posted Aug 29, 2008 Published in issue #1009 Sep 05, 2008 Order article reprints

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