After his mistress runs over a black teen, a Wall Street hotshot sees his life unravel in the spotlight; A down-and-out reporter breaks the story and opportunists clamber to use it to their advantage.
The Bonfire of the Vanities has generally received negative reviews.
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Review of The Bonfire of the Vanities (1990)
By Dennis Schwartz (5,456) for Ozus' World Movie Reviews (5,456) on 07 Apr 2009
Review of The Bonfire of the Vanities (1990)
By Desson Thomson (1,673) for Washington Post (9,851) on 01 Jan 2000
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By Roger Ebert (5,190) for Chicago Sun-Times (7,580) on 10 Jan 1995
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By Peter Travers (3,602) for Rolling Stone (4,035) on 27 Jun 2013
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The Bonfire of the Vanities was released in 1990 and has generally received negative reviews.
Online reviewers have written 144 reviews, giving The Bonfire of the Vanities (1990) an average rating of 40%.
Overall, cinema-goers marginally prefer the movie, giving it an average score of 55%, compared to film critics, who gave it a slightly lower average score of 47%.
With a score of 40%, The Bonfire of the Vanities is below the average Cinafilm score for movies made in 1990, which stands at 58%.
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