Review of The Bonfire of the Vanities (1990) by Sheila Benson for Los Angeles Times — 27 Jun 2013
So what was rich, journalistic and precisely observed is now overstated, under-textured and cartooned, in playwright/screenwriter Michael Cristofer’s witless screenplay. Certainly Wolfe’s canvas might lend itself to a broad approach, but broad like “Dr.
Strangelove,” not broad like the Three Stooges.
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This review of The Bonfire of the Vanities (1990) was written by Sheila Benson and published by Los Angeles Times on 27 Jun 2013.
The Bonfire of the Vanities has generally received negative reviews.
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