Product Description

"'Fight Club' pulls you in, challenges your prejudices, rocks your world and leaves you laughing" (Rolling Stone). Brad Pitt ("12 Monkeys", "Seven"), Edward Norton ("Primal Fear," "American History X") and Helena Bonham Carter ("Mighty Aphrodite," "A Room With A View") turn in powerful "performances of which movie legends are made" (Chicago Tribune) in this action-packed hit. A ticking-time-bomb insomniac (Norton) and a slippery soap salesman (Pitt) channel primal male aggression into a shocking new form of therapy. Their concept catches on, with underground "fight clubs" forming in every town, until a sensuous eccentric (Bonham Carter) gets in the way and ignites an out-of control spiral toward oblivion.

Product Details

• Amazon Sales Rank: #1077 in DVD
• Brand: TCFHE
• Released on: 2002-08-27
• Rating: R (Restricted)
• Aspect ratio: 2.40:1
• Formats: Color, DVD, Widescreen, NTSC
• Original language: English
• Number of discs: 1
• Running time: 139 minutes

Customer Reviews

Can I Get This In Cornflower Blue?


The quintessential flick for anarchists, angry guys, or cult film lovers. Ed Norton and Brad Pitt team up to create an extraordinary film. It is not for the faint of heart, nor is it for the extremely sensitive.

The Narrator, Ed Norton, suffers from insomnia and finds his solution going to various support groups until he meets Marla Singer, Helena Bonham Carter, who upsets the balance that The Narrator has achieved. Enter Tyler Durden, Brad Pitt, who solves The Narrator's housing, sleeping, pretty much all of his problems. Once realizing what he's gotten himself into The Narrator has an entertaining journey of discovery which leads to the establishment of a new life.

Fight Club is both entertainment and social commentary. When Pitt's character Durden criticizes so many things taken for granted or thought of as necessities in modern society one has to wonder how far off the mark he really is. The Spartan existence of Durden almost seems attractive when he explains how frivolous materialism has made humanity.

If nothing else you will have an altered view the food industry. And a distinct wonder of what you really can accomplish.


All told this is a great film, with a fascinating if bizarre story. The cast is perfect in brining the dysfunction of the world to the forefront of your mind.

The first rule of Fight Club is...
This film is both underrated and overrated. It's underrated because I don't think major critics have always given this one a great recommendation, as it deserves such. I've discovered that, in most cases, if Brad Pitt is in a film then it is probably a good movie. This one is in many ways. However, I must also say that it is fully overrated in that those who really champion this film give it a lot more credit than it actually deserves, probably because of how "cool" the story goes with them.

There are quite a few fight scenes and they are genuinely authentic fighting scenes. As such, I don't think someone under 18 years of age should watch this movie.

The actual content of the film, however, could not be more well developed. If you've seen 12 Monkeys then I must tell you that some of the idea in this film is very similar to that one, and while I don't think this movie is as intelligent as that, it is indeed a well designed idea altogether.

One thing is certain. If you have no idea what this film is about I can tell you that figuring out what is actually going on is not very easy. A truly detached movie watcher can probably figure it out and yet still be fully entertained by it. If you get sunk into the movie, though, you will be well into it before you understand what's happening, and the epiphany delivered is absolutely the tops. A genuine work of art.

Don't be deceived by the title to this film. It's a far deeper idea than it would appear on the surface, and it's far more rewarding than most films could ever be.

It's a five star film. Enjoy.

This is mostly great.
I love the three leads: Bonham Carter is amazingly good as the neurotic girlfriend, Edward Norton is a convincing tormented nerd, and Brad Pitt is an amazingly good lounge lizard-type on a mission to transform the world. There are some excellent touches throughout, and Meat Loaf's role could make you choke with laughter -- somebody give that man a size 66GG bra. It gets a bit hard to believe, but wraps up convincingly enough. This is NOT a family movie unless the family is all over 13, in my opinion, but it's great off-color, violent and satirical entertainment for adults.