October 13, 2015 I presume Shue is herself something of an alcoholic, because while she's not turning out to be the big star she hoped she would be, Cage just keeps getting questionable work in which he does the same thing, only, you know, with much less acting material.
August 30, 2017 42 of 56 people found this review helpful. A meditation upon refusal to abate from self-destruction during the building of a meaningful, but rocky relationship, this film takes on a worthy, if familiar story, and not especially well, at least when it comes to a script by Figgis that is unevenly characterized, melodramatic and overblown, structurally and stylistically, yet still has elements to it that drive the heart of this drama, through certain cleverness, as well as an audacious attention to graphic content, both vulgarly reflective of grimy themes, and intensely reflective of heavy drama.
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View All Photos (6) Well, this was still enough of a stretch for Cage to get the man an Oscar, probably because the Academy didn't realize back in 1995 that he would kind of go on to squander the honor with plenty of real-life craziness, although that's not to say that I didn't still thoroughly enjoy Cage's performance. | Where he seriously plans to drink himself to death.
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Ben Sanderson is an alcoholic, who after getting released from his well paid screen writing position, heads to Vegas with his severance pay.
That such a film gets made is a miracle: One can see how this material could have been softened and compromised, and that would have been wrong. A phobic con artist and his protégé are on the verge of pulling off a lucrative swindle when the former's teenage daughter arrives unexpectedly. By creating an account, you agree to the
| Rating: A- [Shue's] terrific (and Oscar-nominated), but the movie belongs to Cage whose fierce, uncompromising performance is as serious as a hangover and as jittery as the shakes. | In so many ways, the film tries so hard to be unique, so much so that it all of the overt efforts to freshen things up tend to overshadow familiarity, but not wholly, for although this particularly interpretation of formulaic subject matter has plenty of inspiration to it, it's hard to completely disregard certain tropes to storytelling and even characterization. A shady police detective finds himself in the middle of a murder conspiracy at an important boxing match in an Atlantic City casino. Another Because his wife left him and took his son with her, screenwriter Ben Sanderson has started drinking, a lot. The image is an example of a ticket confirmation email that AMC sent you when you purchased your ticket. | July 7, 2017 Those who found it too extreme were simply lucky enough never to have arrived there themselves. R (adult situations/language, sex) 2:49 | Rating: A In Las Vegas he meets Sera, a prostitute with some problems as well who he moves in with.Rated R for strong sexuality and language, violence and pervasive alcohol abuse