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Title: Surprisingly Slow-Paced for a Movie About a Cokehead
Review: Much love and respect to Michael J. Fox. Agreeing to be cast as a cokehead at a time that he was one of the biggest comedic stars in Hollywood takes balls. Unfortunately, the movie doesn't fire on all cylinders. It could be that movie-making has matured in the past two decades. For a movie called "Bright Lights," the movie's cinematography is oddly muted. The pace is also dated, but..."Bright Lights Big City" is painfully s-l-o-w.Fox snorts coke for an hour and a half, talks about writing a novel, and pines for his estranged wife. To say his character is disillusioned is an understatement. At one point, he says his job is "pretty tedious." I couldn't agree more.
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