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The Bonfire of the Vanities

Name: The Bonfire of the Vanities
Genre: Comedy, Crime, Drama
Released: 1990
Duration: 125 min
Cast: Tom Hanks, Bruce Willis, Melanie Griffith, Kim Cattrall, Saul Rubinek

Taste attributes: comedycrimedramaromancejournalisticslowwholesomelightrealisticsimplelinearglossyenclosedemotive & stirringcomplex relationship

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"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."

Boxlist takeExpect a moving, breezy crime comedy, grounded rather than fantastical. Best if you like escapism over depth.

Taste details

Pace: slow · Originality: balanced · Tone: wholesome · Weight: light · Realism: true to life · Story: simple · Structure: very linear · Look: glossy · Scale: confined · Emotional punch: very stirringHow we score

Quality rating

5.6 /10

TMDB · 332 votes

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What lines up

Emotional punch: Emotive / stirring, just how this profile likes it
Pace: Slow, just how this profile likes it
Setting / scale: Small / confined, just how this profile likes it

What might not click

Intricacy: Basic story, where this profile leans smart / intricate
Weightiness: Light / accessible, where this profile leans weighty / heavy

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Synopsis

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.

Synopsis: TMDB