PARTY MONSTER is a very strange and one-of-a-kind low budget tale. The characters and situations in which they find themselves are so exaggerated that you feel they can't bear any relation to real life but, what do you know, this is a true story so everything you see taking place on screen pretty much happened.
PARTY MONSTER is a thorough exploration of the New York party scene in the 1990s, in which hedonism and excess were the order of the day. It's a mood piece more than anything else, a near plot less affair chronicling the rise and fall of two characters who found themselves at the forefront of counter culture. Seth Green gets the big, showy role, but Macaulay Culkin is inevitably the focus of attention here, looking the same as in his kiddie films but contributing an intense and dark performance. I liked him, just as I liked his sinister turn in THE GOOD SON. As a whole I don't think this film's up to much, but those with an interest in the material or indeed the actors should enjoy it.
PARTY MONSTER is a thorough exploration of the New York party scene in the 1990s, in which hedonism and excess were the order of the day. It's a mood piece more than anything else, a near plot less affair chronicling the rise and fall of two characters who found themselves at the forefront of counter culture. Seth Green gets the big, showy role, but Macaulay Culkin is inevitably the focus of attention here, looking the same as in his kiddie films but contributing an intense and dark performance. I liked him, just as I liked his sinister turn in THE GOOD SON. As a whole I don't think this film's up to much, but those with an interest in the material or indeed the actors should enjoy it.