Great potential, some very good performance's, needed to be about an hour longer.

Rating: Null/10 (29 August 1998)

54 was a good movie that did not live up to its potential. The story is excellent, and a number of the performances were outstanding (especially that of Mike Meyers), but in the end I walked out of the theater wishing that any of the dozen or so sub-plots were expanded upon. This movie tried to be about drug use, promiscuous and careless sex, an eccentric club owner , trying to make ones dreams come true at all costs, the dingier side (and price) of stardom, the strong desire of the "system" to get rid of the club and the free spirited attitude that caused it to be so successful, romance, the degradation of family values and relationships, and the consequences of all of the above. In the end however, with what seems must have been about five or six hours worth of film on the cutting room floor, this was a decent movie about a club employee and his scattered memories of his time spent there. 54 was entertaining, but it could have been great. I believe that most audiences will leave the theatre feeling that they were missing something.