This was an important era in the "me" generation and I don't think we saw enough.

Rating: 4/10 (9 September 1998)

I was disappointed by 54, the movie just retold the legend of the club as advertised. I was hoping the story would go deeper, especially in terms of the celebrities that enjoyed the limelight. Unfortunately part of the mystique of 54 can be found in the years after Steve Rubell went to prison, I would have recommended that the early 80's which lacked the glamour of the 70's be represented as well (if only for a footnote). This was an important era in the "me" generation and I don't think we saw enough. This is the first movie on the excess of the 70's that didn't really have a good soundtrack. I enjoyed Boogie Nights but found that a lot of the same material was re-hashed in 54. Mike Myers was amazing, Neve Campbell did the best that could be done as a throw-in role and I would have enjoyed more of Salma Hayek.