Practically flawless - except for the casting of Billy Armstrong.

Rating: Null/10 (20 January 2008)

One of the best movies of the 90s, no question about it. I am not going to philosophize about the movie's message/philosophy at length, I don't see the point in that. If you've seen it and you're intelligent you'll have understood it, whether you agree with its points or not. If you haven't seen it, there is little point in having an irrelevant little review explain/ruin things in advance.
It's a movie whose fan-base is mostly male. Women may get some pleasure out of watching Pitt's oiled-up steroid(?)-pumped body, but there isn't much about the story that most of them will find appealing. It's a violent, complex, unique film - not exactly a TV soap opera. I'd advise a repeat viewing of "Mr.Smith" as opposed to watching "Fight Club".
There is not a second of boredom to be found in FC. At first I wasn't happy with the cast, but Norton and Pitt work splendidly together, if only to be marred somewhat by the quite talentless Helena Bonham Carter, whose resemblance to a certain Green Day member is hard to ignore. They might as well have cast Billy Armstrong in the role of Norton's (female) love-interest. The visual look of the movie is at the kind of very high level one expects from Fincher.
So why did he make such bad movies afterward ("Panic Room", "Zodiac"), after making the best one of his career?