settle down, boys . . .

Rating: 8/10 (21 September 2000)

Listen: for all it's virtues (amazing direction, great acting performances), FIGHT CLUB suffers greatly from it's simple-minded sheep in wolf's clothing story.
FIGHT CLUB is *not* visionary, folks - it's reactionary, and that belies any of the strengths all you passive aggressive dirtbags attribute to this cool-looking but ultimately sophomoric w**k-job of a movie.
Maybe I'm going soft, but I like REAL sincerity, sentiment and meaning in movies - not self-referential, reactionist bulls**t ("OOH, Starbucks is evil! IKEA is satan's furniture store! McDonald's serves Beezelebub's breakfast!").
Oh, and the reason(s) FIGHT CLUB got shuffled along on it's merry way in 1999? MAGNOLIA, AMERICAN BEAUTY, BEING JOHN MALKOVICH and THE MATRIX.
Makes sense to me.