An instant cult classic and one of 1999's best pictures.

Rating: 10/10 (6 August 2000)

"Fight Club" is unlike any other modern day film. It ingeniously shows through violence that emotions are not meant to be hidden or suppressed. The film begins with a car company narrator (Edward Norton) who appears to be reluctant of sharing his name with anyone. Insomnia effects him for several months until his doctor clues him into support meetings of testicular cancer and Tuberculosis. The meetings allow him relief for an amount of time until another false tourist (Helena Bonham Carter)interferes. He once again becomes cursed with sleepless nights.
Our narrator meets Tyler Durden (Brad Pitt) while on a business flight. This leads to a wild downward spiral for the narrator and the things in his life when this soap making sadistic mentor and he begin Fight Club for emotionally scarred and misunderstood men. I think that this movie was very under appreciated and even revoked by others. I think that you have to understand that the film is not just about violence and senseless therapeutic fighting, it is about human nature and how that can get in the way of our impossible ideals.
"Fight Club" points out that no person is no better than another no matter how rich or famous you are or may become. The point of the movie is to be happy with who you are and don't ever allow someone to steal your dignity, pride and self-image no matter how much pressure builds upon the idealistic preaching of a perfect world that will never be perfect. The world will always be imperfect unless you live.
I would recommend this picture to movie buffs and people who like black comedies, because it does have hilarious parts which aren't truly things you normally chuckle over, but you find yourself laughing. The film has a lot of brutal honesty that allows this unprecedented masterpiece to be an unforgettable cinematic experience.