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Tanenhaus submits Chambers to a genteel alchemy in which the wonderfully low is transmuted to the dismally high, and vitality is traded for status.
Critics call this piece of early '80s nostalgia a "dismally unfunny farce" (Todd McCarthy, Daily Variety ). There are plenty of interesting stars (Christina Ricci, Courtney Love, Ben Affleck, Janeane Garofalo), but the script, which follows a gaggle of young folks on their way to a New Year's Eve bash in Manhattan's East Village, is said to be unsalvageable.
And David Plotz has dismally failed to change my mind.