Fight Club
1 Oscar Nominations·National Film Registry
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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.
What critics thought
DivisiveFight Club was fiercely divisive on release — critics who admired its technical audacity and satirical edge clashed loudly with those who found its violence morally reckless and its ideas sophomoric. Audience enthusiasm has only grown in the decades since, creating a notable gap between the mixed-to-positive critical record and the film's towering reputation among viewers.
“a thrill ride masquerading as philosophy”
Roger Ebert·Chicago Sun-Times
“an outrageous mixture of brilliant technique, puerile philosophizing, trenchant satire and sensory overload”
David Ansen·Newsweek
“invigoratingly nervy and imaginative buzz”
Jay Carr·The Boston Globe
“It is an inadmissable assault on personal decency. And on society itself.”
Alexander Walker·London Evening Standard
Genres
Crime, Drama, Thriller
Cast & Crew
DirectorDavid Fincher
StarringEdward Norton, Brad Pitt, Helena Bonham Carter, Meat Loaf, Jared Leto
ComposerJohn King, Michael Simpson
Fight Club
1 Oscar Nominations·National Film Registry
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.
What critics thought
DivisiveFight Club was fiercely divisive on release — critics who admired its technical audacity and satirical edge clashed loudly with those who found its violence morally reckless and its ideas sophomoric. Audience enthusiasm has only grown in the decades since, creating a notable gap between the mixed-to-positive critical record and the film's towering reputation among viewers.
“a thrill ride masquerading as philosophy”
Roger Ebert·Chicago Sun-Times
“an outrageous mixture of brilliant technique, puerile philosophizing, trenchant satire and sensory overload”
David Ansen·Newsweek
“invigoratingly nervy and imaginative buzz”
Jay Carr·The Boston Globe
“It is an inadmissable assault on personal decency. And on society itself.”
Alexander Walker·London Evening Standard
Genres
Crime, Drama, Thriller
Cast & Crew
DirectorDavid Fincher
StarringEdward Norton, Brad Pitt, Helena Bonham Carter, Meat Loaf, Jared Leto
ComposerJohn King, Michael Simpson
Rent/Purchase