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Rating: 2 stars

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Seen on: 07/22/2010

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Cocktail (1988)

Directed by Roger Donaldson

Romance

Most recently watched by noahphex

Overview

After being discharged from the Army, Brian Flanagan moves back to Queens and takes a job in a bar run by Doug Coughlin, who teaches Brian the fine art of bar-tending. Brian quickly becomes a patron favorite with his flashy drink-mixing style, and Brian adopts his mentor’s cynical philosophy on life and goes for the money.

Rated R | Length 104 minutes

Actors

Tom Cruise | Elisabeth Shue | Laurence Luckinbill | Liisa Repo-Martell | Kelly Lynch | Reathel Bean | Gina Gershon | Gerry Bamman | David L. Crowley | James Eckhouse | Bryan Brown | Paul Benedict | Louis Ferreira | Lisa Banes | Ron Dean | Peter Boyden | Larry Block | Andrew Shue | Robert Greenberg | Kenneth McGregor | Allan Wasserman | Parker Whitman | Jean St. James | Ellen Foley | Chris Owens | Richard Livingston | George Sperdakos | Robert Donley | Lew Saunders | Arlene Mazerolle | Rich Crater | Sandra Will | Dianne Heatherington | Gregg Baker | Kelly Connell | Harvey J. Alperin | Jaap Broeker | Jack Newman | James Mainprize | Diane Douglass | Marykate Harris | Garry Pastore | Vivian Palermo | Richard Thorn | E. Hampton Beagle | Jeff Silverman | Andrea Doven | John Graham | Bill Bateman | Rosalyn Marshall | David Chant | Paul Abbott | Ellen Maguire | Luther Hansraj | Adam Furfaro | Kim Nelles | Karen Starr

Viewing Notes

I remember seeing this in the theater and hating it. I really almost walked out. So, I figured it was worth another view since it was on cable. It’s not as bad as I remember, but it’s also not very good. The first half of the film with Bryan Brown and Cruise rocking the bars with their swagger and drink mixing moves is pretty excellent. Then it devolves into a totally lame and dickless romantic story between Cruise and Shue that leaves me bored to tears. I’d give it one more star than I did before. So yeah…2 stars, so it’s still pretty bad but not “worst movie ever” quality.

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