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The Bonfire of the Vanities is a vapid adaptation of a thoughtful book, fatally miscast and shorn of the source material's crucial sense of irony. Add it to...
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Brian DePalma`s The Bonfire of the Vanities is a perfect...
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An indebted travel agent (Robin Williams) tries to land $1...
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Brian DePalma`s The Bonfire of the Vanities is a perfect example of how a best-selling book can be carefully altered, perceptively pruned and converted into an intriguing motion picture.
The Bonfire of the Vanities is a 1990 American satirical black comedy film directed and produced by Brian De Palma and starring Tom Hanks, Bruce Willis, Melanie Griffith, Kim Cattrall, and Morgan Freeman.
- Julie Salamon
- 1991
Dec 21, 1990 · The Bonfire of the Vanities: Directed by Brian De Palma. With Tom Hanks, Bruce Willis, Melanie Griffith, Kim Cattrall. After his mistress runs over a young teen, a Wall Street hotshot sees his life unravel in the spotlight and attracts the interest of a down-and-out reporter.
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- Comedy, Drama, Romance
- Brian De Palma
- 1990-12-21
Dec 21, 1990 · For all its polish, Bonfire of the Vanities neither sustains the feverish, revolutionary energy nor reaches the visceral peak of Hi, Mom! But as major Hollywood pictures go, it can become stunningly hot-tempered, a quality most journalists are too quick to ignore.
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- Brian De Palma
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- Tom Hanks
"The Bonfire of the Vanities" is actually an absorbing, slick-paced and well-acted piece of cinema that works on several levels. Tom Hanks is great as Sherman McCoy, a Wall Street hot shot whose life unravels because of one wrong turn into the Bronx.
Dec 21, 1990 · TIMES FILM CRITIC. Brian De Palma opens his calamitous version of Tom Wolfe’s dense novel “The Bonfire of the Vanities” (at selected theaters) with a glittering, dusk-through-dawn shot of...
