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Party Monster with Macauley Culkin and Seth Green.
Culkin plays Michael Alig, a 1980's New York party promoter and king of the Club Kids. The movie covers Alig's rise to fame and his drug-addled downfall, which is punctuated by the murder of his friend and drug dealer Angel.
Seth Green puts on a surprisingly good performace as Alig's "best friend" James St. James, Alig's 'mentor' in the ways of being a club kid, taching him how to be flamboyant, glamourous and selfish in a classic scene set in a donut shop. The two of them work very well together, especially given the strange dynamic of their relationship (they appear to be using each other for power and status, despite seemingly not really liking each other).
The plot starts to fall apart near the end, as though it was getting in the way of showing the decadence (and the consequences of it) of the characters.
I give it a 7/10. If you enjoyed movies like 54 or Blow, you'll probably get a kick out of this.
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