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Fight Club (1999) 8.9
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8.9/10 from 730,761 users
Metascore: 66/100
Reviews: 2,563 user | 279 critic | 35 from Metacritic.com An insomniac office worker looking for a way to change his life crosses paths with a devil-may-care soap maker and they form an underground fight club that evolves into something much, much more... Director:David Fincher |
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Cast
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The Narrator
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| Helena Bonham Carter | ... |
Marla Singer
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| Meat Loaf | ... |
Robert 'Bob' Paulson
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Richmond Arquette | ... | |
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| George Maguire | ... | ||
| Eugenie Bondurant | ... |
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Rachel Singer | ... | |
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Christie Cronenweth | ... |
Airline Attendant
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Inspector Bird
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Plot Synopsis
Storyline
A ticking-time-bomb insomniac and a slippery soap salesman channel primal male aggression into a shocking new form of therapy. Their concept catches on, with underground "fight clubs" forming in every town, until an eccentric gets in the way and ignites an out-of-control spiral toward oblivion. Written by Anonymous
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When you wake up in a different place at a different time, can you wake up as a different person? See more »Genres:
DramaMotion Picture Rating (MPAA)
Rated R for disturbing and graphic depiction of violent anti-social behavior, sexuality and language | See all certifications »Parents Guide:
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Language:
EnglishRelease Date:
15 October 1999 (USA) See more »Also Known As:
El club de la pelea See more »Box Office
Budget:
$63,000,000 (estimated)Opening Weekend:
£1,177,219 (UK) (12 November 1999)Gross:
$37,023,395 (USA) (25 February 2000)Company Credits
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[Tyler points a gun into the Narrator's mouth]
Narrator: [voiceover] People are always asking me if I know Tyler Durden.
Tyler Durden: Three minutes. This is it - ground zero. Would you like to say a few words to mark the occasion?
Narrator: ...i... ann... iinn... ff... nnyin...
Narrator: [voiceover] With a gun barrel between your teeth, you speak only in vowels.
[Tyler removes the gun from the Narrator's mouth]
Narrator: I can't think of anything.
Narrator: [voiceover] For a second I totally forgot about Tyler's whole controlled demolition thing ...
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Brad Pitt takes the #2 antihero See more »
Did You Know?
Trivia
The burnt out car that Edward Norton's character is examining is a 1990 Lincoln Town Car. It's also the same car the Narrator and Tyler crash later in the film. Additionally, Tyler says he'd like to fight Abraham Lincoln. See more »Goofs
When the narrator talks to his doctor, the x-ray on the wall behind him is not only back-to-front, but also upside-down. See more »Quotes
[first lines][Tyler points a gun into the Narrator's mouth]
Narrator: [voiceover] People are always asking me if I know Tyler Durden.
Tyler Durden: Three minutes. This is it - ground zero. Would you like to say a few words to mark the occasion?
Narrator: ...i... ann... iinn... ff... nnyin...
Narrator: [voiceover] With a gun barrel between your teeth, you speak only in vowels.
[Tyler removes the gun from the Narrator's mouth]
Narrator: I can't think of anything.
Narrator: [voiceover] For a second I totally forgot about Tyler's whole controlled demolition thing ...
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Crazy Credits
Just as the closing credits are about to start, a flash-frame-shot of a penis appears on the screen. See more »Connections
Featured in The Rotten Tomatoes Show: Toy Story 3/Cyrus/Jonah Hex (2010)Brad Pitt takes the #2 antihero See more »
Fight Club is one of the most unique films I have ever seen. In addition to presenting a rather fresh take on life, FC also presents its material in a fresh way. My main interest in the film is in that, in my opinion, it does not present characters for us to think about. Rather, it presents actions for us to think about. I will say that I cannot recall *ever* having been "asked" by a film to both suspend my disbelief the way this film asks in its third act AND at the same time come to terms with an understanding that there is no room--or need--for disbelief.
Perhaps these comments will not make sense to the average movie goer who will dismiss this film--and, unfortunately, its premise--as another hollywood flick filled with gratuitous violence. I'd go as far as to say that this film is not about violence. It is about choices. It is about activity. It is about lethargy. It is about waking up and realizing that at some point in the past we've gone to the toilet and thrown up our dreams without even realizing that society has stuck its fingers down our throat.
I would argue that anyone caught, at some point in their lives, between a rock and a hard place--anyone who has reached bottom on a mental level--anyone who has uttered to themselves "Wait, this isn't right. I would not do/say/feel what it is that I just did/said/felt... I do not like this. I must change before I am forever stuck being the person that I am not." These people, they will know what I'm talking about. These people will not only recognize the similarities between Edward Norton's character and themselves--they will be uncomfortably familiar with him. These people will appreciate Fight Club for what it is: a wake up call that we are not alone.
As David Berman once said: "I'm afraid I've got more in common with who I was than who I am becoming." If this sentence makes any sense to you, go see Fight Club. You won't regret it.
L.