Dark Comedy
Director: Ryan Murphy
Writer: Phil Dolan, based on the novel by Chuck Palahniuk
Cast: Emily Blunt, Jessica Biel, Orlando Bloom, Elisabeth Moss
Budget: $53,000,000
Domestic Box Office: $28,815,044
Foreign Box Office: $35,122,141
Total Profit: -$68,665,327
Reaction: Complete disaster! The sky is falling! In hindsight it's easy to see why this didn't score big. It's just the type of story that is going to connect with a big audience. We probably should have gone the low budget route with this one. The talent costs definitely didn't help the bottom line on this one, nor did the expensive make-up effects required throughout.
"All this movie does is to prove that Chuck Palahniuk's novel doesn't work as a film - or at least that Ryan Murphy seriously lacks the directorial touch to make it work" - Ken Giles, Houston Chronicle
"Chuck Palahniuk's fans have been shouting for this book to get the adaptation treatment. I hope they're happy sitting through it on the big screen, because I certainly was not" - Stephen Ridley, Boston Globe
"While the story is often hard to follow, it's hard not to get sucked in by the relentless energy and overall weirdness on display" - Charles Triano, Los Angeles Times
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