Bright Lights, Big City 1988

Janet Maslin, New York Times: 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. Read more

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Roger Ebert, Chicago Sun-Times: 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). Read more

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Hal Hinson, Washington Post: 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. Read more

Desson Thomson, Washington Post: Along the gruesome road to self-discovery, Bright Lights offers some entertaining, episodic, danceable highlights. Read more