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The Bonfire of the Vanities
1990
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The Bonfire of the Vanities
Positive Reviews
6
Negative reviews
18
Average Rating
2.1
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1.5
The movie preserves Wolfes sprawling narrative, but at bottom its just an aggressively shallow Tom Hanks comedy.
EW
3.1
But the movie makes no attempt to turn him into an interesting character with a personality he doesnt have the moxie or the smarts to be the kind of r ..
Rogerebert
1.5
Brian De Palmas take on Tom Wolfes The Bonfire of the Vanities is a misfire of inanities.
Variety
1.5
If anything, its a Hanks little boy lost movie, more in the Big tradition than The Big Tradition.
Time Out
4.4
But in a film thats already established its protagonist as a raging, loathsome man, theres no room here for romantic notions of crime.
1.5
If the strength of the novel was the interplay between Wolfes dry white reportage and the sensational, tabloid tacky humorous events he wrote about, V ..
0.5
There are a myriad of great small performances in the movie, like Hancocks boisterous work as the rabble rousing Reverend Bacon and Alan Kings delicio ..
2.0
A spectacular misfire from a director who should have known better.
1.9
Nevertheless, theres no denying that Mission: Impossible is probably a lot more entertaining than it has any right to be thanks mostly to De Palmas fl ..
Reel Film Reviews
0.5
On film, Bonfire achieves a consistency of ineptitude rare even in this era of over inflated cinematic air bags.
Rolling Stone
4.5
Poor casting, especially in the major roles played by Tom Hanks and Melanie Griffith, doesnt help.
Cs Monitor
1.5
Looking at the film on its own terms, the main problem is that its simply too broadly played every character as caricature.
Deseret News (Salt Lake Ci ..
2.0
An occasionally audacious comedy with a large number of grievous faults.
Internet Reviews
1.9
Reduced to pure plot, the narrative is not so much a sendup of 1980s hypocrisy as an orgy of banal, juvenile mean spiritedness. The irony of Wolfes bo ..
Movies Tv Guide
2.0
This is just what Brian De Palmas gross, unfunny movie adaptation does not do.
Ny Times
1.5
In this heavy handed and uneven treatment, De Palma drains Tom Wolfes original story of its humour, and must shoulder the blame for its failure.
Film 4
1.0
Certainly Wolfes canvas might lend itself to a broad approach, but broad like Dr. Strangelove, not broad like the Three Stooges.
La Times
1.9
A toilet humored sequel that loses the romance and innocence that made the original film such a pleasant surprise.
Articles Chicago Tribune
1.5
You dont get angry at what hes attacking, or defensive; you just get weary.
People
3.1
Cristofer is often faithful to the letter of Wolfes book, while cheapening the spirit of it.
Seattle Times
3.0
So if youre interested in a faithful visual adaptation of Wolfes novel, be assured that this isnt it.
Articles Orlando Sentinel
1.9
Tom Wolfes widely read satire becomes a tedious farce, turning one of the years most anticipated movies into one of the most disappointing.
Articles Philly
1.9
In De Palmas version, Sherman saves himself with a grubby little trick that doesnt stand up to logical or legal scrutiny.
Articles Baltimore Sun
4.5
Credits: With Tom Hanks, Bruce Willis, Melanie Griffith, Morgan Freeman, Saul Rubinek.
Articles Sun Sentinel
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