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He didn't call it a "mercy killing," but it looks like one - this teasingly switches from hammer horror to a blood-themed nightclub party. James) letting us know we're going to see a bloody murder. Let's start at the beginning ("a very nice place to start," like they quote Julie Andrews) with swishy Seth Green (as James St.
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Is this a cautionary fable or are these Club Kids just painted-up Dead End Kids, the dregs of society burn-out? And, if so, why should we find their self-delusion so fabulous? ** from **** Supporting performances by Diana Scarwid and Dylan McDermott are much better, but the whole project seems tainted from the start.
#Party monster movie#
Like the filmmakers, Seth Green seems to be doing this movie as a lark though it takes an actor's bravery to go out on a limb with a part like this, Green is only half-hearted. Wobbly comedy-drama wants to be as casually indifferent and cartoonishly bitchy as its characters-but when things gets more serious in the last-act, it isn't clear how much we're supposed to care. Learning what makes a 'nobody' fabulous and successful, he turns a flagging nightclub around and gains the respect of its owner, later his financial backer, but unfortunately ushers in a freaky flurry of hangers-on and druggies, leading to tragedy. Macaulay Culkin gives an uneven performance as a fey young man from Nowhere who comes to New York City and attaches himself to glitzy, garish club-goer Seth Green. As a whole I don't think this film's up to much, but those with an interest in the material or indeed the actors should enjoy it. I liked him, just as I liked his sinister turn in THE GOOD SON. Seth Green gets the big, showy role, but Macaulay Culkin is inevitably the focus of attention here, looking the same as in his kiddie films but contributing an intense and dark performance. It's a mood piece more than anything else, a near plot less affair chronicling the rise and fall of two characters who found themselves at the forefront of counter culture. PARTY MONSTER is a thorough exploration of the New York party scene in the 1990s, in which hedonism and excess were the order of the day.
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The characters and situations in which they find themselves are so exaggerated that you feel they can't bear any relation to real life but, what do you know, this is a true story so everything you see taking place on screen pretty much happened. PARTY MONSTER is a very strange and one-of-a-kind low budget tale.