Party Monster

For all its decadence, it moves effectively from outrageous camp humor to stark pathos and in the process manages to be oddly touching. As for Culkin, he succeeds as an adult actor in completely unexpected ways.Read Full Review »

As stagy and awkward as some of the Warhol/Morrissey films of the early '70s.Read Full Review »

Culkin plays Alig as clueless to the end, living so firmly in his fantasy world that nothing can penetrate his chirpy persona. Whether this is accurate--whether indeed any of the facts in the film are accurate--is not for me to say, but it works.Read Full Review »

His (Culkin's) performance is earnest and brave, but also mannered when it should be un-self-conscious, and awkward when grace is called for.Read Full Review »

There isn't an ounce of genuine affection on display. Fenton and Barbato already made a documentary of the same title about Alig, and their fascination with this vapid, charmless pied piper of decadence remains a mystery.Read Full Review »

Party never gets rolling.Read Full Review »

The psychologizing in Party Monster never goes deeper than what you might get out of Dr. Phil on a bad day.Read Full Review »

Feels fake, forced and indigestible.Read Full Review »

"Prison isn't all that different from a nightclub,'' comments Alig toward the end. Funny; this movie isn't all that different from prison.Read Full Review »

The wanton fabulistas of Party Monster are as boring and insignificant as the very "normals and drearies" they so contemptuously deride.Read Full Review »