A Mixed Bag

Rating: 1/10 (25 September 2002)

On one level, this movie entertains, making you laugh with sharp and witty dialogue, irony and utter insanity of the plot. On another level, as a film - as art, it fails miserably.
This is the kind of movie you should watch with a relative detachment, because there's no reason to actually delve into the philosophy. The point of the movie (if there is one) is simply to entertain the audience. If the director/screenwriter/producer/cast meant it to be deeper, it got lost in the parody.
I will admit that I was very entertained by the performances of all the leads, and even Meat Loaf was fun to watch in his small role. However, this does not make up for the fact that Fight Club tries to play with your mind and give a new spin on random subjects like mass media, masculinity/violence, and society when in fact it spreads itself too thin and through the conclusion of the movie completely sullies whatever decent arguments it had.
Bottom line: Watch it for pure fun, no more. There is no hidden treasure here.