The read
Audiences rate it 47 points higher than critics do. Most of the 422 1980s romance movies in this catalog score higher.
Synopsis
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.
Ratings
IMDb5.9/10
Rotten Tomatoes11%
Metacritic12/100
Audiences rate it 47 points higher than critics do.
1,670 audience votes
Key crew
- J. Peter RobinsonOriginal Music Composer
- Heywood GouldScreenplay
- Roger DonaldsonDirector
Cast
- Tom CruiseBrian Flanagan
- Bryan BrownDouglas "Doug" Coughlin
- Elisabeth ShueJordan Mooney
- Lisa BanesBonnie
- Kelly LynchKerry Coughlin
- Gina GershonCoral
- Ron DeanUncle Pat
- Ellen FoleyEleanor
- Chris OwensSoldier
- Louis FerreiraSoldier
- James EckhouseTourist
- Laurence LuckinbillRichard Mooney
Stills
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Themes
new york cityjamaicanight lifebartenderambitionrags to richescocktail