Fight Club (1999)

Fight Club rating: IMDb, Rotten Tomatoes and Metacritic

IMDb8.8/10· 2.6M votes

Rotten Tomatoes82%

Metacritic67%

TMDb8.439/10· 32K votes

With 82% on Rotten Tomatoes, backed by 8.8/10 on IMDb and 67/100 on Metacritic, critical reception of this film has been positive.

About Fight Club

A ticking-time-bomb insomniac and a slippery soap salesman channel primal male aggression into a shocking new form of therapy. Their concept catches on, with underground "fight clubs" forming in every town, until an eccentric gets in the way and ignites an out-of-control spiral toward oblivion.

Cast of Fight Club

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  Edward Norton

  as Narrator

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  Brad Pitt

  as Tyler Durden

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  Helena Bonham Carter

  as Marla Singer

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  Meat Loaf

  as Robert Paulson

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  Jared Leto

  as Angel Face

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  Zach Grenier

  as Richard Chesler (Regional Manager)

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  Holt McCallany

  as The Mechanic

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  Eion Bailey

  as Ricky

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  Richmond Arquette

  as Intern at Hospital

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  David Andrews

  as Thomas at Remaining Men Together

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  George Maguire

  as Group Leader at Remaining Men Together

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  Eugenie Bondurant

  as Weeping Woman - Onward and Upward

Fight Club facts

Budget

$63M

Box office

$100.9M

Our take on Fight Club

David Fincher's 1999 drama channels an insomniac office drone and a magnetic soap salesman into an underground outlet for raw male aggression, a movement that spreads from basement brawls into something far harder to control. Adapted with caustic wit and a grimy, restless visual style, it works as both a thriller and a bruising satire of consumer emptiness. Fincher keeps the ground shifting beneath you, rewarding viewers who enjoy films that question what they show. Those drawn to the unsettling social breakdown of Snowpiercer will recognize the same anti-establishment charge here. Best suited to viewers who like provocation, dark humor, and a story that refuses to sit still.