I love this movie so much

By the time the dramatic fireworks start popping off, each one feels earned.

This is ultimately a movie about the very bad things that can happen when we don't address our unease, when we just try to brush it off, whether that's to fit in or to preserve our self-image.

Close shines in drama with strong language, adult themes.

I watched this movie on a recommendation of a game I was playing as an example of the setting. I watched it another 3 times because I couldn't figure out why they wanted me to watch it. Frankly, I hated it. However, over the years I've pondered this dark comedy as much as any film I've seen including "A Clockwork Orange", "Brazil" and many other acclaimed dark comedies. I've found myself quoting it and even discussing it with friends. Based on that, I'm going to give it a 7 as I think it is due more credit than I originally gave it and I think it is worth an adventure if you have the time. It speaks a lot about society and there is a lot more to it than face value. I don't love it but I do think it was valuable time spent unlike the 3 episodes of "2 Broke Girls" that I was subjected to.

I can see what the fuzz is about, but this movie did nothing for me. Reasons for this might be that I was not born yet when this movie was made, I am not a part of any underground/subculture and I have never been to New York.What I did like was the looks of it, at times. They have played around with fashion and punk styles and made something that is at times very iconic. The soundtrack was interesting, and I appreciate it for being ahead of its time. I also liked some of the progressive opinions that Other than what is previously mentioned: this seems to me as a badly made movie. The actors are giving very poor performances, for one. You can say that it was intentional - but that does not make the performances any less forced or annoying. The acting makes this feel like a cheap porn. The plot is probably not to be taken seriously at face value, and while I can appreciate it being used to make a statement on certain lifestyles - it just doesn't work. And it's told in a way that is almost demonstrably unengaging.

Some of the reviewers here must have serious mental issues; they actually talk about the supposed merits of this piece of absolute garbage of a movie. It HAS no merits. It's TRASH. WORTHLESS.Horribly written. Horribly cast. Horribly acted. Horribly lit. Horribly scored. ATROCIOUSLY edited.I had to laugh when one reviewer on here actually said that the editing was "sharp."That would be fine if he had meant, "The editing cuts abruptly to and from scenes with no sense of story or continuity whatsoever," but that's evidently not how this person meant it. He meant it in a complimentary way, which leads me ineluctably to the conclusion that he is on the same cocktail of trendy drugs that the characters are on

Eighties New York New Wave scene. Here it is, in a perfect time capsule. You can watch Boogie Nights or 200 Cigarettes if you want, but they can't recreate the atmosphere that this film lives and breathes.It is a low budget movie, which will put some viewers off. The story jumps around and can be confusing, which will bother even more. Put on top of that the odd music and disjointed visuals, and you have an acquired taste of a film which is loved dearly by a cult following and reviled by anyone with preset notions of what a movie should be.The story follows Margaret, an aspiring model, over a day or two as she goes clubbing, gets high, and prepares for a fashion shoot. Meanwhile, aliens are setting up camp nearby, searching for heroin. However, it is explained in a subplot involving a German scientist, that the aliens have found a substitute for opiates: a chemical in the brain produced during sex. And so, Magaret's sexual partners begin to die to feed the aliens.I think it is worth noting that the actress who plays Margaret gets a writing credit on the project. For me, it gives her performance another dimension. It is unusual storytelling, but remains a fascinating document for those who allow themselves to be transported to another time and place.