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Limelight
2011 · 1 hr 43 min
Not Rated
6.6
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A documentary on former New York City club owner Peter Gatien.
Directed By
Billy Corben
Studio
Rakontur
,
Deerjen Films
Genre
Documentary
Cast of Limelight
M
Moby
Himself
MA
Michael Alig
Himself
PG
Peter Gatien
Himself
MC
Michael Caruso
Himself
Limelight Reviews
New York Post
Lou Lumenick
Corben's schlockumentary tries -- and fails miserably -- to rehabilitate the reputation of Peter Gatien, the oft-described "nightclub king" of Manhattan in the waning years of the 20th century.
Miami Herald
Rene Rodriguez
Depending on your age, Limelight could make you nostalgic for those bad old days - and sort of glad you'll never be able to relive them.
AV Club
Nathan Rabin
As usual, Corben's style is caffeinated and a little rough around the edges, but he's a tenacious journalist, and his yen for sensationalism gives Limelight an irresistible tabloid pop.
New York Times
Jeannette Catsoulis
As a trippy, trifling memorial to a time before its eponymous club was a mini-mall and rave culture a woozy memory, "Limelight" delivers the messed-up goods.
New York Daily News
Joe Neumaier
Transporting as it is, this doc leaves a bad taste in your mouth, if just for the ill will it drudges up.
BET.com
Clay Cane
An engaging story which includes corruption, murder, drugs, violence and the right to party.
Dennis Schwartz Movie Reviews
Dennis Schwartz
Couldn't be more sympathetic to the much maligned Gatien.
ColeSmithey.com
Cole Smithey
[VIDEO] You can't relive the heady days and nights of Manhattan's club scene, but you can soak up some of the flavor. You'll also get a crash course in the city's muscle of political corruption that seems to increase with every passing year.
Laramie Movie Scope
Robert Roten
This documentary film about the rise and fall of big nightclubs is a cautionary tale about the abuses of police power as well as a tale of two completely conflicting conservative political policies relating to the regulation of businesses.
Filmcritic.com
Christopher Null
lifts the entertaining veil of smoke and mirrors only to uncover an oligarchy turning the screws on an unknowing body politic
Slant Magazine
Eric Henderson
Limelight, like the club it's named after, doesn't do much to break the mold of sex-drugs-and-star****ers sameness afflicting this particular subgenre.
Chicago Reader
J. R. Jones
The movie was produced by Jen Gatien, its subject's daughter, so its agenda should be fairly obvious. But it's an engrossing story nonetheless.
Variety
John Anderson
Watching Limelight, about the rise and politically engineered fall of onetime Manhattan nightclub kingpin Peter Gatien, is like looking through a family album: If you're in the family, you might be interested.
NPR
Mark Jenkins
Limelight offers a few moderately enlightening interviews and a lot of candy-colored lights.
Village Voice
Seth Colter Walls
Limelight works better as an unofficial history of an Old New York than it does as the definitive portrait of Gatien.
Film Journal International
David Noh
Darkly fascinating documentary reveals the high price to be paid for providing and having fun in a pre-Disneyfied Big Apple.
About.com
Jennifer Merin
Billy Corben's glitzy documentary about the rise and demise of NY club lord Peter Gatien is studded with psychedelic images and audio that don't add much to the story -- except confusion.
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