Bright Lights, Big City | reviewed by: William O'Donnell | January 15, 2019
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Fox and all of the supporting cast are quite good. A very 80s tinged tale where cocaine is the prime antagonist.
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| synopsis | A young kid from Kansas moves to New York to work on a magazine. He gets caught up in the world of drink and drugs, and starts a steady decline. The only hope is the cousin of one of his drinking partners, can she pull him through it ? |
| lead actors | Michael J. Fox | Kiefer Sutherland | Phoebe Cates | Jason Robards | Dianne Wiest | Swoosie Kurtz | Frances Sternhagen | Tracy Pollan | John Houseman | David Warrilow | Alec Mapa | William Hickey | Gina Belafonte | Sam Robards | Bernard Zette | Marika Blossfeldt | Jessica Lundy | Kelly Lynch | Peter Boyden | Annabelle Gurwitch | Russell Horton | Maria Pitillo | Susan Traylor | David Hyde Pierce |
| director | James Bridges |