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Aspect Ratio: 1.85:1 Audience Rating: R (Restricted) Binding: DVD Brand: CRUISE,TOM EAN: 0786936124965 Format: Closed-captioned, Color, DVD-Video, Widescreen, NTSC Label: Buena Vista Home Entertainment Manufacturer: Buena Vista Home Entertainment Number Of Items: 1 Publisher: Buena Vista Home Entertainment Region Code: 1 Release Date: August 13, 2002 Running Time: 103 minutes Studio: Buena Vista Home Entertainment Theatrical Release Date: July 29, 1988 Sales Rank: 5763 MPN: DISD24446D
Description: Tom Cruise is electrifying as Brian Flanagan, a young, confident, and ambitious bartender who, with the help of a seasoned pro (Bryan Brown -- GORILLAS IN THE MIST, F/X 2), becomes the toast of Manhattan's Upper East Side. But when he moves to Jamaica and meets an independent artist (Elisabeth Shue -- ADVENTURES IN BABYSITTING, HOLLOW MAN), their vivid romance brings a new perspective to the self-centered bartender's life. Sizzling with high-powered performances and a #1 hit soundtrack, the box office blockbuster COCKTAIL has it all!
Amazon.com: This 1988 effort at creating a milestone coming-of-age story with the impact of The Graduate is commendable, but the results are mostly shaky and garish. Tom Cruise plays an ambitious young man who arrives in New York City and becomes known as a flashy bartender in a hot club. After falling for Elisabeth Shue's girl-next-door character, however, his desire for success causes him to travel down a more selfish path with an older woman. The film, directed by Roger Donaldson (Bounty), is built on entirely on appearances (Cruise's star charisma) and flash (the way Cruise and his character's bartending mentor, played by Bryan Brown, toss bottles of booze around). The more interesting and underlying themes, however, particularly the hero's obvious Oedipal dilemmas, are lost beneath this window dressing, as if everyone involved was afraid to commit to the story's intrinsic value. Cruise fans might want to take a look at this, but otherwise there isn't much to recommend it. --Tom Keogh
Customer Reviews
Average Rating:
Rating: - great movie
I love this movie,is one of tom cruise best films,i was realy surprised that some people call this film trash,i wonder what see now when almost everything aut there is realy trash.Hollywood in ... Read More
Rating: - Coughlin's Law: anything else is always something better
Cocktail is a good but not great movie. You might even call it a bad movie, but it is thoroughly enjoyable, kind of a Flashdance or Showgirls, but with drinks instead of dancing. It is a classic Horatio ... Read More
Rating: - Good all around entertainment
Just a great favorite of mine from a while back. Always loved Elisabeth Shue!
Rating: - Great stuff.............
Cocktail is an American classic!
Great movie, great cast, great performances!
Who doesn't love this movie?
Rating: - Not totally satisfied
not sure what the problem is, or if its even the fault of the actual dvd, but the picture quality is pretty awful. its grainy, and dark. i get a better picture when im' watching something on regular tv, ... Read More
- great movie
- Coughlin's Law: anything else is always something better
- Not totally satisfied