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Cocktail is a 1988 American romantic comedy-drama film directed by Roger Donaldson from a screenplay by Heywood Gould, and based on Gould's book of the same name. It stars Tom Cruise, Bryan Brown and Elisabeth Shue.
Jul 29, 1988 · Cocktail (1988) ** 1/2 (out of 4) Blockbuster about a young man (Tom Cruise) who dreams of having money and fame but soon his bar-tending skills lead him to Jamaica where he falls in love with a woman (Elisabeth Shue).
- (92K)
- Comedy, Drama, Romance
- Roger Donaldson
- 1988-07-29
Jul 14, 2023 · Check out the official Cocktail (1988) trailer starring Tom Cruise! Watch on Vudu: https://www.vudu.com/content/movies/details/Cocktail/26233?cmp=Classic_Y...
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Brian Flanagan (Tom Cruise) wants a high-paying marketing job, but needs a business degree first. Working as a bartender to pay for college, Flanagan is mentored by his veteran boss, Doug Coughlin...
- (45)
- Roger Donaldson
- R
- Tom Cruise
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. Roger Donaldson
Cocktail is a 1988 comedy, romance, drama starring Tom Cruise.... Brian Flannagan (Tom Cruise) looks for a job and is hired by some bartender named Doug Coughlin (Bryan Brown) then moves to Jamaica to run a bar up there and falls in love with Jordan (Elisabeth Shue)... Cocktail is full of fights, great music, bar scenes, mild sex scenes, bad ...
Roger Ebert pans the movie as a glossy and phony fantasy about two bartenders and their love interests. He criticizes the film's lack of realism, logic and originality, and questions its message of materialism and romance.
