Unusual movie - worth watching

Rating: 9/10 (13 November 1999)

Overlong (2½ hours) but it had something to say. This movie is *not* about fighting! The fight clubs are simply an expression of people's frustrations. The movie is about the shallowness and materialism of contemporary society - the emptiness and pointlessness of existence. It's interesting that it focuses on these feelings within men - not women. The movie has parallels with The Matrix and I think if you like one then you'll like the other. Good movie. I gave it 8/10. The fourth good movie of '99 (after The Matrix, South Park and Sixth Sense).