Party Monster
Strand Releasing | Release Date: September 5, 2003 CRITIC SCORE DISTRIBUTION
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METASCORE
Generally unfavorable reviews based on 29 Critic Reviews
Positive:
5
Mixed:
12
Negative:
12
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38
Chicago TribuneMark Caro
In the end you don't believe what you're watching, and you don't care. This party is a drag. Read full review
38
New York PostLou Lumenick
Devotes most of its energy to its costumes and makeup, which are fabulous. But that and a tabloid-worthy star just aren't enough to revisit this sordid tale as a kind of twisted comedy. Read full review
30
The A.V. ClubNathan Rabin
The film's only real bright spot is Seth Green, who, as Culkin's sidekick, brings Party Monster a droll wit it otherwise lacks. It's such a dreary mess that when Culkin insists that life in prison isn't too different from being a club kid, it's all too easy to believe him. Read full review
30
Washington PostMichael O'Sullivan
The psychologizing in Party Monster never goes deeper than what you might get out of Dr. Phil on a bad day. Read full review
25
New York Daily NewsJami Bernard
Macaulay Culkin still can't act, and it's no longer cute. His performance in Party Monster is so embarrassing one doesn't know where to look. Read full review
25
Rolling StonePeter Travers
Feels fake, forced and indigestible. Read full review
25
Boston GlobeTy Burr
"Prison isn't all that different from a nightclub,'' comments Alig toward the end. Funny; this movie isn't all that different from prison. Read full review
20
L.A. WeeklyErnest Hardy
There's really only one reason to see Party Monster, and that's Seth Green's scene-stealing performance as former (and somewhat reluctant) New York club kid James St. James, the boy who would be queen. Read full review
20
Wall Street JournalJoanne Kaufman
The distance between tawdry and tedious can be amazingly short. It is traveled with Concorde speed in the arch Party Monster. Read full review
20
Washington PostAnn Hornaday
The wanton fabulistas of Party Monster are as boring and insignificant as the very "normals and drearies" they so contemptuously deride. Read full review
20
Austin ChronicleMarc Savlov
A colorful mess, all style and substances and little else. Read full review
10
SalonCharles Taylor
Unwatchable. Read full review
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