1988 film by Roger Donaldson
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5 days ago - 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. It tells the story of business student Brian Flanagan, who takes up bartending ...
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Cocktail (1988) ⭐ 5.9 | Comedy, Drama, Romance
July 29, 1988 - Cocktail: Directed by Roger Donaldson. With Tom Cruise, Bryan Brown, Elisabeth Shue, Lisa Banes. A talented New York City bartender takes a job at a bar in Jamaica and falls in love.
Is Cocktail (1988) “so bad, it’s good” or just bad?
I dig the first half where he’s learning to bartend. I love choreography so the Addicted to Love sequence revs me up. Once he leaves the island and goes back to New York the whole vibe changes and it’s a downer. I’ll rewatch it though because Shue and Cruise are hot. More on reddit.com
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March 4, 2025What do y'all think of this movie "Cocktail" (1988)?
It's a strange time capsule and just one of the strangest movies. The fact it filmed in Toronto not New York, probably one of the earlier films to pull this trick? The fact it's based on the creation of the TGI Fridays chain which has now totally pivoted away from being a singles bar to just another chain restaurant 30 years later. Adjusted for inflation it would have topped $300 million! None of this makes a lick of sense. More on reddit.com
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December 20, 2017Cocktail is the most problematic mainstream film of the last decade.
OP, look up Madonna-Whore complex . The premise of this film is built on this concept. More on reddit.com
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March 17, 2022The utter mess of Tom Cruise’s worst rated film: 1988’s Cocktail
I know this is purely nostalgia talking, but I liked it More on reddit.com
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Cocktail | Rotten Tomatoes
November 29, 2025 - There are no surprises in Cocktail, a shallow, dramatically inert romance that squanders Tom Cruise's talents in what amounts to a naive barkeep's banal fantasy. Read Critics Reviews ...
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Tom Cruise’s Cocktail is the Weirdest ’80s Movie
16 hours ago - He was once an up-and-coming heart-throb who starred in such dramatic hits as The Color of Money and Rain Man, but in his earliest days, he also starred in the single worst movie of his career: the hilariously misguided, truly strange, and shockingly watchable 1988 disaster, Cocktail.
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A pair of hotshot bartenders takes the bar scene by storm, dazzling patrons, mixing drinks while dancing and charming the ladies. Watch trailers & learn more.
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Here are 3 movie-inspired cocktails to try on New Year’s Eve : NPR
2 days ago - A cocktail called Death Becomes Her, named for the 1992 movie, is photographed at Death & Co in Washington, D.C. on Dec. 23, 2025. Bar manager Josh White created the drink, which gets its green color from pistachio syrup.
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r/movies on Reddit: Is Cocktail (1988) “so bad, it’s good” or just bad?
March 4, 2025 -
I personally love the movie but it is very flawed. Unlikable hero, poorly paced, bad dialogue, etc. Where I go back and forth on is if these flaws throw the movie into the guilty pleasure category or is it objectively bad and liking it means you have poor tastes? Cruise himself has said it's it his crowning jewel.
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Cocktail (1988)
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.
Apple TV
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Cocktail - Apple TV
July 29, 1988 - Tom Cruise is electrifying as Brian Flanagan, a young, confident, and ambitious bartender who, with the help of a seasoned pro (Bryan Brown), becomes …
Release date Jul 29, 1988
Director Roger Donaldson
Actors Tom CruiseBryan BrownElisabeth Shue
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Tom Cruise is electrifying as Brian Flanagan, a young, confident, and ambitious bartender who, with the help of a seasoned pro (Bryan Brown), becomes the toast of Manhattan's Upper East Side. But when he moves to Jamaica and meets an independent artist (Elisabeth Shue), their vivid romance brings a new perspective to the self-centered bartender's life.
Amazon
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Amazon.com: Cocktail : Tom Cruise, Bryan Brown, Elisabeth Shue, Lisa Banes, Laurence Luckinbill, Kelly Lynch, Gina Gershon, Ron Dean, Robert Donley, Ellen Foley, Andrea Morse, Chris Owens, Justin Louis, John Graham, Richard Thorn, Dean Semler, Roger Donaldson, Heywood Gould: Movies & TV
But when he moves to Jamaica and meets an independent artist (Elisabeth Shue -- ADVENTURES IN BABYSITTING, HOLLOW MAN), their vivid romance brings a new perspective to the self-centered bartender's life. Sizzling with high-powered performances and a #1 hit soundtrack, the box office blockbuster COCKTAIL has it all!
3 Brothers Film
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Review: Cocktail (1988) — 3 Brothers Film
July 4, 2024 - But if you can set aside the standards of 21st-century mixology and accept that a young man could become the toast of New York City nightlife for flamboyantly spinning and tossing bottles, the movie can open up for you in enjoyable ways. Directed by Roger Donaldson, Cocktail is based on Heywood Gould’s semi-autobiographical novel of the same name, about the kinds of people who aspire to more but get stuck tending bars, and Gould adapted it himself for the screen.
TV Guide
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Cocktail - Where to Watch and Stream - TV Guide
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Cocktail (1988) - Cast and crew credits, including actors, actresses, directors, writers and more.
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Cocktail (2012 film) - Wikipedia
5 days ago - Cocktail is a 2012 Indian Hindi-language romantic comedy film directed by Homi Adajania, written by Imtiaz Ali, and produced by Saif Ali Khan and Dinesh Vijan under their respective banners Illuminati Films and Maddock Films along with Eros ...
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The Movie Database
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Cocktail (1988) - Cast & Crew — The Movie Database (TMDB)
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, ...
Common Sense Media
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Cocktail Movie Review | Common Sense Media
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Traditional values trump glitz. Not for kids. Read Common Sense Media's Cocktail review, age rating, and parents guide. "Cocktail" is essentially as 1980s shallow as the soundtrack music. There are some amusing one-liners, mostly delivered by Doug attempting to impart wisdom to his protégé through Coughlin's laws of bartending. The acrobatic drink-mixing scenes are great fun, but treat the consumption of alcohol superficially. Parents might want to address this issue with their teens while viewing the film.
Write Between The Lines
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When He Pours, He Reigns: Why I Love the Movie Cocktail – Write Between The Lines
August 5, 2024 - I actually worked on this film and haven’t seen it in…decades! I’m writing a book about my time in The Biz and am at “Cocktail” right now. Thinking that I might need to refresh my memory, I looked to find that the only version that I have is a Laser Disc, still sealed!