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Tom Cruise juggles Martini shakers and ice cubes as the materialistic Brian Flanagan, a bartender who drops out of school to search for the perfect rich chick who will bankroll him into luxury. Brian meets up with bar veteran Doug Couglin (Bryan Brown) and they put together a dance-duo bar-tending act, taking five minutes to a .. Read more

Starring	Tom Cruise, Bryan Brown, Elisabeth Shue, Kelly Lynch
Director	Roger Donaldson
Genres	Drama

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- If a visitor from Mars needed a crash course in sexism, this would serve. Freshly demobbed, Brian Flanagan (Cruise)... read more on Time Out
- 44730
- - Time Out
  - 04 Nov 2008 at 00:15
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- - 4
  - 2
  Not too bad
  
  My wife forced me to watch this film and I must admit it was a better than your average film. Storyline was not a new concept but it was acted well by Cruise ... read more »
  
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- [Highly rated reviewer]
  - stanhutchings1
  - Merseyside
  - 15 Nov 2005 at 09:42
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- - 0
  - 0
  80s film at its best
  
  classic brilliance from the 80s.
  
  great storyline, great music, brilliant all the way through, has you laughing and crying in various parts.
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- 1106071
- - cheesekake
  - 758 reviews
  - uk
  - 27 Mar 2012 at 12:33
- - 1
  - 0
  Above average - has its moments.
  
  Yeah above average 80s film and just a vehicle for Tom Cruise. I personally watched it for Elizabeth Shue:O). Why oh why couldn't they have shown a frontal ... read more »
  
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- - a customer
  - 04 Dec 2011 at 22:23
- - 2
  - 0
  Little Tom Cruise at his 80s best!
  
  All time classic, with Elizabeth Shue cast as the perfect girl-next-door rich chick, who you can like without feeling jealous of. Tom Cruise has just enough ... read more »
  
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- 1039998
- - HanaBomBana
  - 4 reviews
  - Dorking
  - 12 Sep 2011 at 21:38
- - 1
  - 0
  Shake it up & have some Fun Fun Fun!!
  
  I enjoyed watching this after all the years since it was first made back in 1988. Great cast in 'Bryan Brown' of the FX films, 'Elizabeth Shue' ... read more »
  
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- - laneyb
  - 181 reviews
  - Rochester, Kent
  - 11 Apr 2011 at 22:38
- - 1
  - 0
  Not sure
  
  I wasn't too sure what to think at the end of the film. I was expecting this to be good as that is what I have heard in the past. Ok the fancy moves are ... read more »
  
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- 960333
- - a customer
  - England
  - 03 Feb 2011 at 17:20
- - 2
  - 0
  cocktail - how was this film ever popular??
  
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  This is such a bad film. I didn't have high hopes in the beginning but this was actually worse than I thought it would be! The storyline is ridiculous, tom ... read more »
  
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- 911259
- - a customer
  - London
  - 04 Aug 2010 at 10:06
- - 0
  - 0
  I love Bryan Brown
  
  I've seen this film quite a few times and always enjoy it. 'It hasn't breathed in 50 years, it's dead, let's just drink it' - I love ... read more »
  
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- 901526
- - a customer
  - Nottingham
  - 26 Jun 2010 at 18:05
- - 0
  - 0
  Average!
  
  This film is VERY 80's! Which I dont object to in principle, but I just found the plot a bit rubbish. Not very much happens. When it got to the end, I was ... read more »
  
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  - Wetherby
  - 03 Sep 2009 at 13:40
- - 0
  - 0
  Vacuous 80's Drivel
  
  Quite possibly the most empty film I have ever seen. Sure, it's a Cruise vehicle - and does it show - but even he can't rescue it from the depths of ... read more »
  
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- - Bergman
  - 1 review
  - Warwick
  - 17 Aug 2009 at 15:20
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  - 0
  cocktail
  
  Love Tom Cruise 80's style especially the monobrow. Everyone in the family enjoyed the film at our best of the 80's film fest.
  
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- - jane90
  - 1 review
  - London
  - 16 Apr 2009 at 13:36
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- - 4
  - 2
  Not too bad
  
  My wife forced me to watch this film and I must admit it was a better than your average film. Storyline was not a new concept but it was acted well by Cruise ... read more »
  
  Report this review
- 352227
- [Highly rated reviewer]
  - stanhutchings1
  - Merseyside
  - 15 Nov 2005 at 09:42
- - 2
  - 0
  cocktail - how was this film ever popular??
  
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  This is such a bad film. I didn't have high hopes in the beginning but this was actually worse than I thought it would be! The storyline is ridiculous, tom ... read more »
  
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- 911259
- - a customer
  - London
  - 04 Aug 2010 at 10:06
- - 2
  - 0
  Little Tom Cruise at his 80s best!
  
  All time classic, with Elizabeth Shue cast as the perfect girl-next-door rich chick, who you can like without feeling jealous of. Tom Cruise has just enough ... read more »
  
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- 1039998
- - HanaBomBana
  - 4 reviews
  - Dorking
  - 12 Sep 2011 at 21:38
- - 1
  - 0
  Classic
  
  Slated by the critics, but loved by the public ! Cruise dazzles as the new kid in town trying to make it big in New York. He learns to be a cocktail barman and ... read more »
  
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- 141262
- - a customer
  - Egham, Surrey
  - 17 Aug 2005 at 23:50
- - 1
  - 0
  Great Eighties Flick
  
  Fantastic film, one of Tom's best from the eighties. Full of Cheesey lines but great. Good soundtrack too!!
  
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- 168612
- - a customer
  - Kent, UK
  - 01 Nov 2005 at 14:13
- - 1
  - 0
  Not sure
  
  I wasn't too sure what to think at the end of the film. I was expecting this to be good as that is what I have heard in the past. Ok the fancy moves are ... read more »
  
  Report this review
- 960333
- - a customer
  - England
  - 03 Feb 2011 at 17:20
- - 1
  - 0
  Shake it up & have some Fun Fun Fun!!
  
  I enjoyed watching this after all the years since it was first made back in 1988. Great cast in 'Bryan Brown' of the FX films, 'Elizabeth Shue' ... read more »
  
  Report this review
- 981353
- - laneyb
  - 181 reviews
  - Rochester, Kent
  - 11 Apr 2011 at 22:38
- - 1
  - 0
  Above average - has its moments.
  
  Yeah above average 80s film and just a vehicle for Tom Cruise. I personally watched it for Elizabeth Shue:O). Why oh why couldn't they have shown a frontal ... read more »
  
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- 1070270
- - a customer
  - 04 Dec 2011 at 22:23
- - 0
  - 0
  hmmmmmm
  
  if you like Tom rent it if you dont dont bother what more can i say
  
  its a clasic
  
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- 6973
- - mark meadows
  - england
  - 03 Jun 2004 at 14:19
- - 1
  - 1
  Fairly formulaic
  
  First of all, if you aren't a Tom Cruise fan then you probably won't like this. Tom leaves the army and plans to make his fortune. His spirits soon sink... read more »
  
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- 10106
- - Hoffa
  - Lincolnshire, UK
  - 10 Jul 2004 at 23:00

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  Tom Cruise juggles Martini shakers and ice cubes as the materialistic Brian Flanagan, a bartender who drops out of school to search for the perfect rich chick who will bankroll him into luxury. Brian meets up with bar veteran Doug Couglin (Bryan Brown) and they put together a dance-duo bar-tending ...