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By Gavin L (110) on 20 Mar 2007

Generally thought to be DePalma's worst film, and I would agree. Hank is miscast, and the book just never transfers on to the screen…

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By John F (961) on 17 Mar 2007

Confusing. Considered a bastardization of the novel…

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By Aron P (4) on 16 Mar 2007

This movie is very good:the acting, the story,the point etc...and it was probably ahead of its time when it got out in the 80s but if you watched…

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By Erik G (510) on 01 Mar 2007

Not one of the best films and bruce not in it much…

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By Larry D (146) on 20 Jan 2007

Wow so many good actors and such a crappy movie…

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By Lisa S (1,201) on 10 Oct 2006

Another one where the book should be read first I feel…

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By Chris T (1,088) on 03 Oct 2006

Satirical novel is turned into a movie - with pretty poor results…

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By Nik B (219) on 23 Sep 2006

Great cast just to slow and never was what it should have been…

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By Brian F (743) on 23 Sep 2006

Great cast just to slow and never was what it should have been…

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By Peaceboy O (92) on 20 Sep 2006

I didn't hate this, but I hadn't read the book…

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By Paul Schrodt (45) for Slant Magazine (8,298) on 09 Sep 2006

For all its polish, Bonfire of the Vanities neither sustains the feverish, revolutionary energy nor reaches the visceral peak of Hi, Mom…

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By Adam C (1,312) on 30 Jul 2006

DePalma is the king, but he badly misfired here. His bungling of this book adaptation makes me suspicious of his upcoming The Black Dahlia…

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By Krazy S (20) on 25 Jul 2006

I HAVE IT AND ITS A FUNNY MOVIE AND YOU HAVE TO SEE IT…

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By Alana D (27) on 01 Jul 2006

A greater mismatch of talent and material you will not find…

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By Juan Carlos Coto (35) for Miami Herald (3,319) on 27 Apr 2006

Unfortunately, the caricatures are so crude and the ‘revelations’ so unenlightening of the human condition, that the satire is about as…

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By Arianne G (1) on 24 Mar 2006

Not my favorite Tom Hanks movie . . . and he is one of the great actors…

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By Chuck O'leary (376) for Fantastica Daily (363) on 24 Jan 2006

An interesting failure that's not as bad as its reputation. Speaks a lot of truth, but the tone is too broad…

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By James H (4,675) on 09 Jul 2005

THIS FILM DOES NOT WORK AT ANY LEVEL - NOT DIRECTING, EDITING, ACTING, WRITING OR SETS…

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By Dolores Barclay (29) for The Associated Press (882) on 29 Jun 2001

The Bonfire Of The Vanities gets a lot of things right but they're largely negated by the colossal things it gets wrong…

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By Gene Siskel (446) for Chicago Tribune (6,211) on 02 Feb 2000

Gross, unfunny...In adapting it to the screen, Mr…

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