Rotten
If you're interested in a faithful visual adaptation of Wolfe's novel, be assured that this isn't it.
Jay Boyar, Orlando Sentinel
The Bonfire of the Vanities
Take one Wall Street tycoon, his Fifth Avenue mistress, a reporter hungry for fame, and make the wrong turn in The Bronx...then sit back and watch the sparks fly.
1990 · 2h 5m · R
Comedy, Drama
Directed by
Brian De Palma
Overview
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.
Director and cast
- Brian De Palma Director
- Tom Hanks as Sherman McCoy
- Bruce Willis as Peter Fallow
- Melanie Griffith as Maria Ruskin
- Kim Cattrall as Judy McCoy
- Saul Rubinek as Jed Kramer
- Morgan Freeman as Judge Leonard White
- John Hancock as Reverend Bacon
- Kevin Dunn as Tom Killian
- Clifton James as Albert Fox
- Louis Giambalvo as Ray Andruitti
Critics on Rotten Tomatoes
Top critics, in their words
16%
Tomatometer
Rotten
What a mess.
Steven Rea, Philadelphia Inquirer
Rotten
On film, Bonfire achieves a consistency of ineptitude rare even in this era of over-inflated cinematic air bags.
Peter Travers, Rolling Stone
Rotten
If you loved Wolfe's book, you may very well hate the movie. If you simply liked the novel, you may be simultaneously entertained and disappointed by what De Palma and Cristofer have done to it.
John Hartl, Seattle Times
Rotten
Certainly Wolfe's canvas might lend itself to a broad approach, but broad like Dr. Strangelove, not broad like the Three Stooges.
Sheila Benson, Los Angeles Times
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