One gorgeous train-wreck

Rating: Null/10 (18 September 2000)

It's no wonder this movie was nominated for best costume design by the Academy (and by a few other award groups as well.) Visually this movie is stunning - the costumes, the make-up, the whole image makes you want to experience London's swinging glam-rock era... (well, perhaps experience it from afar.) Still - it's one heck of a looker. J. Rhys-Meyers is appropriately aloof and alluring as Brian Slade, the David Bowie knock-off; E McGregor is terrific as always, but bears a strikingly disturbing resemblance to Kurt Cobain; and Christian Bale (one of the finest jawlines in the business, might I add) portrays the star-struck fan desperate for a way to connect with his idols - and painfully recalling how he lived through it.
The movie itself is more cohesive than "54", another period piece from the same era, but only... just. So bear that in mind when/if you rent, but it's definitely worth a watch.