A masterpiece that you shouldn't miss

Rating: 10/10 (9 February 2004)

I would say that this is one of the most underrated movies of last decade, which hasn't get by critics the acclaim (and the awards) it deserved. Brad Pitt delivers an excellent, amazing, Oscar winning performance here, one of his best to date. The same goes for Edward Norton, too. The direction by David Fincher is masterly and the dark cinematography by Jeff Cronenweth is absolutely functional. I firmly believe that Fight Club is one of the best movies in the cinema history.
The film doesn't just reflect like a mirror the dysfunction of our society but enlarges it like a magnifying glass (as art should always do). At first it starts as a strong social comment on how the modern materialistic, consumer, full of angst way of life alienates and isolates people, making their spirit passive and deadening their soul, leading them ultimately to find out ways (even extreme and violent ones) to communicate with their emotions again. Then it shows how the combative dispute and resistance to such a situation may end in anarchy and mayhem, and how anarchy may finally result in a kind of totalitarianism. During its last forty minutes the movie becomes a breathtaking psychological thriller with one of the most original and stirring finales I've ever seen.
This movie is fairly reckoned the Clockwork Orange of 90's. It's a masterpiece that you shouldn't miss.
My rate: 10 out of 10