Storyline
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. Brian adopts his mentor's cynical philosophy on life and goes for the money. He leaves his artist girlfriend Jordan Mooney for Bonnie, a wealthy, high-powered executive. Brian soon must chose between the two, as he evaluates his options.
Directors
Cast
Tom Cruise, Allan Wasserman, Kelly Lynch, Chris Owens, Garry Pastore, Louis Ferreira, Bryan Brown, Elisabeth Shue, Kenneth McGregor, Arlene Mazerolle, Gerry Bamman, Liisa Repo-Martell, Gina Gershon, Harvey J. Alperin, James Eckhouse, Jean St. James, Ron Dean, George Sperdakos, Richard Livingston, Lisa Banes, David L. Crowley, Paul Benedict, Laurence Luckinbill, Diane Douglass, Kelly Connell, Ellen Foley, Robert Donley, Andrea Doven, John Graham, Richard Thorn, Robert Greenberg, Sandra Will, E. Hampton Beagle, Parker Whitman, Bill Bateman, Rosalyn Marshall, Jeff Silverman, Rich Crater, Marykate Harris, Lew Saunders, Jack Newman, David Chant, Dianne Heatherington, Paul Abbott, Ellen Maguire, Larry Block, Reathel Bean, Peter Boyden, Luther Hansraj, Adam Furfaro, Kim Nelles, James Mainprize, Gregg Baker, Jaap Broeker, Vivian Palermo, Andrew Shue, Karen Starr
Trailer
Reviews
63
Chicago Tribune
Tom Cruise does with bartending pretty much what he did with a pool cue in "The Color of Money." In other words, he shows skill at a con game while being less successful with the woman in his life. [29 Jul 1988, p.A]
50
The more you think about what really happens in Cocktail, the more you realize how empty and fabricated it really is.
25
USA Today
Near Cocktail's numbing end, viewers who are still awake will hear love interest Elisabeth Shue warn Cruise: "Your sexy little smile isn't going to work this time.'' Drink to that - a Bloody Mary to a bloody shame. [29 Jul 1988, p.4D]
20
The New York Times
Cocktail, which opens today at the Cinema 2 and other theaters, is ''Saturday Night Fever'' without John Travolta, the Bee-Gees and dancing. It is an inane romantic drama that only a very young, very naive bartender could love. How it got that way is difficult to understand.
10
Los Angeles Times
Arm wrestling and hamburger building have been exhausted as backgrounds for movies, so it was probably inevitable that bartending would be next. But nothing quite prepares you for the hamburger that Cocktail makes of an old and relatively honorable profession. [29 Jul 1988, p.14]
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