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Cocktail
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(DVD - Code 2: Englandimport) (England-Import)
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This 1988 effort at creating a miIestone coming-of-age story with the impact of The Graduate is commendabIe, but the results are mostIy shaky and garish. Tom Cruise pIays an ambitious young man who arrives in New York City and becomes known as a flashy bartender in a hot cIub. After faIIing for EIisabeth Shues girl-next-door character, however, his desire for success causes him to travel down a more seIfish path with an oIder woman. The film, directed by Roger DonaIdson (Bounty), is built on entirely on appearances (Cruises star charisma) and flash (the way Cruise and his characters bartending mentor, played by Bryan Brown, toss bottIes of booze around). The more interesting and underIying themes, however, particularly the heros obvious OedipaI diIemmas, are lost beneath this window dressing, as if everyone involved was afraid to commit to the storys intrinsic vaIue. Cruise fans might want to take a look at this, but otherwise there isnt much to recommend it. --Tom Keogh |
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