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Quite possibly the worst movie of the 90s

posted 19 years ago by DoubleDeuce
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I just watched this movie on Encore tonight. I have seen it several times before and always felt it was weak, but this time it really hit me how absolutely wretched it is. The only decent part is Mike Myers' portrayal of Rubell. The acting is horrible, but the script is even worse. I can't count how many times the potential climax turned out so incredibly anticlimactic. And the lip syncing by Salma Hayek? OHG how "tacky" as Steve Rubell would say. It just doesn't build to anything nor does it deliver any sense of sympathy for the characters. I just wonder how it got a 5.5 on the rating scale.

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[–] 15 years ago

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[–] microbit 15 years ago

90s ? huh - it's the 70s...... :-)

[–] chas437 11 years ago

I was released in 1998. Atrocious film.

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[–] hodie 11 years ago

It's a guilty pleasure for me. I worked in NYC and used to pass Studio 54 on my way home from work/school at night. I was in my 20s then, and scorned disco. But I miss that time.

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[–] Ed in MO 11 years ago

I agree that The Last Days of Disco was a better film. You could actually care about those characters. They seemed much more real and true to life, and there weren't any irritating "Oh look! It's Andy Warhol and Truman Capote!" cameos.