Cocktail
Published 2024-03-22
Film info
- Title Cocktail
- Director Roger Donaldson
- Year 1988
- Run time 1hr 44m
- Genres Drama, Comedy, Romance
- Tagline When he pours, he reigns
- Cast Tom Cruise, Elisabeth Shue
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.
Live blog
| Time | Comment |
|---|---|
| 2:48 | That's some friends in high places for just missing the bus. |
| 5:39 | "Most things in life, good and bad, just kind of happen to you." |
| 11:33 | Always had a lot of respect for bar staff in busy bars. |
| 15:14 | They make a great team! |
| 23:06 | A great drunk team. |
| 27:59 | Poetry in a bar is a new and not one I encourage. |
| 33:37 | "So what's this great idea I'm here to piss on?" |
| 41:15 | Twice now, someone has got up from the bar just as the character in focus wants to sit down. Handy. |
| 51:36 | "Flugelbinder." |
| 57:45 | Men and betting, seriously. |
| 1:08:32 | "Talk is overrated as a means of resolving disputes." |
| 1:13:26 | He said it's not as bad as it seems but then explained and it was SO MUCH WORSE. |
| 1:26:29 | It is amusing, someone complaining of having no money sitting on his fancy yacht. |
| 1:36:55 | He did just sort of wake up with a wife and kid. |
Thoughts
I can't believe I've never seen this before, it's such a good film. Good actors, great cocktail skills, budding romance and a twisting, turning story that comes to a sort of happy ending. It really reminded me of White Men Can't Jump, in that it's really two guys coming together and then making a lot of bad decisions and playing their egos off against each other in the worst possible way. But that does make for an entertaining film just as WMCJ did too.
Rating: 5 / 5