The Bonfire of the Vanities (1990)
"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."
Critics Score
🎬 21%
(RT: 15%, MC: 27) RT = Rotten Tomatoes (critic reviews). MC = Metacritic (weighted critic average). Critics Score is the average of both.
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Cast
John Hancock as Reverend Bacon
Is The Bonfire of the Vanities good?
It's divisive. Only 56% of audiences liked it, by Google's archived audience score. Critics scored it lower at 21%, but audiences disagreed.
Where it ranks on ThumbScore
By audience score, among films with 500 or more votes.
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. Wikipedia ↗
