ThiefHott Too much of everything

AboveDeepBuggy Some things I liked some I did not.

Senteur As somebody who had not heard any of this before, it became a curious phenomenon to sit and watch a film and slowly have the realities begin to click into place.

Tyreece Hulme One of the best movies of the year! Incredible from the beginning to the end.

slowcurl I revisited this movie in 2018 because I seemed to remember it had some redeeming qualities. I was wrong. This movie is f---ing DUMB! It's like the stylized film adaptation of some Wall-Street-frat-boy's rushed first-draft script written on napkins at the bar of a TGI Friday's. It's the purest cinematic nightmare of the worst traits of the 80s projected through a cocaine lens. Just shockingly moronic. Cocktail would make a great double-feature with Less Than Zero if your goal was to experience nauseous shame about the 1980s.

eyal-elarar I liked the movie back in the days, it's a summer love film, tom Cruise plays a good roll of a young bar tender and his girl friend as well It's a bit kitschy movie, but great bar-tenders film. good locations in the islands, cool music by the Beach Boys. overall kitschy script but still good. the end is not that happy but decent plot. They don't make catchy movies, It seems they will a make a remake It could be good.

SnoopyStyle Brian Flanagan (Tom Cruise) is fresh out of the Army. He's studying business and working at his uncle's bar. He gets a job working for Doug Coughlin (Bryan Brown) in an Upper Eastside bar. He's horrible at first. His school work suffers as his bar work improves. Doug intends to open his own bar. The duo starts working at a trendy nightclub. Photographer Coral (Gina Gershon) takes an interest in Brian. She suggests working at bars in Jamaica. Doug dislikes the relationship. When Doug breaks them up, Brian is furious and ends their partnership. Next, Brian is bartending in Jamaica. He starts a relationship with vacationer Jordan Mooney (Elisabeth Shue) who is a waitress in NYC. Doug shows up married to rich flirtatious Kerry (Kelly Lynch). Doug and Brian get into a bet, and Brian ends up having sex with Bonnie (Lisa Banes). Brian goes back to NYC with Bonnie but it ends badly. He tracks down Jordan and is surprised by her pregnancy as well as her wealthy family.Where do I begin? First, Brian is a horrible guy. Jordan is well advised to keep her distance. Doug and Brian's friendship is toxic at best. The story is super melodramatic romance. It goes all over the place. I often remember this as a Jamaican movie but that's only the half in the middle. The first change is abrupt. It might be better to keep the whole movie in Jamaica. That would at least keep the random melodramatic twists down to a manageable level. There is an appealing aspect of Tom Cruise being at his most Tom Cruise but it's not appealing enough.

Marian20 After the box office success of Top Gun that catapulted Tom Cruise into mega-stardom,the producers and director Roger Donaldson cast him to make a film that has themes about love and materialism.And the result is Cocktail.It tells the story of Brian Flanagan,a former member of the U.S. Army who goes home to New York hoping to make a big fortune for himself.He starts looking for a job at Wall Street but nobody hires him which makes him end up in meeting Douglas Coughlin,an owner of bar.It results in him into becoming a bartender.This started to become a father-and-son relationship with Douglas mentoring Brian about the so-called "essentials of bartending" and life in general.Unfortunately,it ends up in a break-up after getting involved in an unlikely love triangle involving Coral.This prompts Brian to move to Jamaica wherein he meets a vacationing artist Jordan Mooney and romance between them results.The story progresses with a conflict between them,Douglas and Brian re-uniting,Brian becoming a boy-toy of a rich woman and later having Brian realize his materialistic ways and promises to change for the better and fight for love of Jordan,who unknowingly was a daughter of a Wall Street executive.No question that the movie is definitely shallow and simplistic.It wasn't meant for the audience to become better people despite the fact that the theme of materialism was brought up and making a message that money isn't everything in life.It was basically all about Tom Cruise and bartending.It was about life of the barman and bars.No question that Tom Cruise's charm and appeal was enough to bring people into the theaters.Aside from Cruise,the film also has great soundtrack.In the end,this unforgettable 80's box office guilty pleasure hit will never fall short of entertainment.An enjoyable bad movie indeed.