54

54 (1998)

  • 13% of critics liked it
    (63 reviews)

  • 43% of users liked it
    (30,858 ratings)

Mark Christopher wrote and directed this look back at the Disco Era when the popular Studio 54 was at its apogee in the late '70s. With obvious comparisons to Paul Thomas Anderson's Boogie Nights (1997) and Whit Stillman's The Last Days of Disco (1998), the story introduces working-class… More

R,
Directed By
Written By
Mark Christopher
Genres
Drama
In Theaters
Aug 28, 1998 Wide
Miramax Films

Critic Reviews

  • Emanuel Levy, Variety

    A more critical and resonant Hollywood movie about the glorious disco culture screams to be made.

  • Charlotte O'Sullivan, Time Out

    Myers exploits every vicious, self-hating line that comes his way.

  • Rick Groen, Globe and Mail

    The triteness comes thick and fast.

  • Charles Taylor, Salon.com

    It's a flat, clumsy piece of filmmaking.

  • Kenneth Turan, Los Angeles Times

    Decadence has rarely looked so pathetic, lethargic and dispiriting as it does in this listless film.

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Featured Audience Ratings

  • jay n


    Good music and an excellent Mike Myers performance are the highlights of this movie but neither Phillippe nor Campbell can act so the film has two empty spots at its center.

  • Universal D


    The decadence and debauchery of disco's palace comes off as only dull. Myers is good and Hayek --- she's always easy on the eyes.

  • Tsubaki S


    Light soap opera story, Summer of Sam captured better the mood of the time. Mike Myers is surprisingly not that bad in this role, probably the only passable performance the man has ever done. Also, somebody has any idea of why Hayek has a career in hollywood? She can't act and… More

  • Nicki M


    Average - not as bad as some reviews made out, but nothing amazing either. Salma Hayek and the fun 70's soundtrack are the best thing about this movie. I never find Ryan Phillippe especially convincing as an actor either and this one is no exception.

  • Lewis C


    Not bad, not bad at all. It's hard not to enjoy a film that's constantly beaming cool seventies music into your brain. Disjointed in places, but not badly enough to ruin the film.

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