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Fight Club

Fight Club

1999
R
139 min
Crime Drama Thriller

Plot Summary

A nameless first person narrator (Edward Norton) attends support groups in attempt to subdue his emotional state and relieve his insomniac state. When he meets Marla (Helena Bonham Carter), another fake attendee of support groups, his life seems to become a little more bearable. However when he associates himself with Tyler (Brad Pitt) he is dragged into an underground fight club and soap making scheme. Together the two men spiral out of control and engage in competitive rivalry for love and power.

8.8
IMDb Rating
81%
Rotten Tomatoes
67
Metacritic
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Ratings & Reviews

8.8
IMDb Rating
81%
Rotten Tomatoes
67
Metacritic

Technical Details

139 min
Runtime
15 Oct 1999
Release Date
R
Content Rating
Movie
Content Type
1999
Year
Genres
Crime Drama Thriller

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User Reviews

chosengreatone

10.0/10
Recent

This is definitely one of the greatest movies of all time, stylistically, narratively, aesthetically, and creatively. It uses very unorthodox camera angles, cute and effects to fully encapsulate this nihilistic, alternative culture that took over the late 90s and early 2000s. It has very deep views on early corporate capitalism which really arose in the 90s, and it pulls no punches to deliver its beliefs on it. It’s very persuasive in its message about corporatism as it appeals directly to...

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CinemaSerf

7.0/10
Recent

I wonder just how much of this might have been inspired by the vivid imagination of Robert Louis Stevenson? Edward Norton narrates a story that's essentially about himself. He works nine-to-five, but can't sleep. He can't explain his insomnia and after a casual aside from his doctor - who refuses to prescribe him sedatives - he starts cruising evening support groups. That's when he meets two important people. The first is "Bob" (Meat Loaf) who has undergone some hormone therapy that inadvertentl...

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Brett Pascoe

9.0/10
Recent

In my top 5 of all time favourite movies. Great story line and a movie you can watch over and over again.

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