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Cocktail

Name: Cocktail
Director: Roger Donaldson
Genre: Romance, Drama, Comedy
Released: 1988-07-29
Duration: 104 min
Rating: 5.9
Cast: Tom Cruise, Bryan Brown, Elisabeth Shue, Lisa Banes, Kelly Lynch

1988 · 1h 44m · Romance, Drama, Comedy

IMDb 5.9 Metacritic 12 RT 11%

Skip it. With critics and audiences alike panning this Tom Cruise vehicle (11% RT, 5.9 IMDb), "Cocktail" is a shallow, cynical mess that mistakes flashy bartending tricks for character development. Your time is better spent literally anywhere else tonight.

Plot

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.

Director: Roger Donaldson

Cast: Tom Cruise, Bryan Brown, Elisabeth Shue, Lisa Banes, Kelly Lynch

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