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Cocktail (1988)

Comedy | Romance 
Rayting:   5.9/10 79.5K votes
Country: USA
Language: English | Spanish Sign Language
Release date: 2 February 1989

A talented New York City bartender takes a job at a bar in Jamaica and falls in love.

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JustinCasey83 1 July 2019

A young Tom Cruise stars as Brian Flanagan in the movie entitled,"Cocktail". It tells the story of how a young man who recently got discharged from the Army tries his luck into achieving success in life at New York as a bar tender. Added to that,we also get to witness how he became a bartender as well as how he fell in love with a vacationing artist,Jordan Mooney at Jamaica together with his transformation from being a very materialistic young man into a successful businessman.Bryan Brown and Elisabeth Shue co-stars in this movie based on the novel of Heywood Gould of the same title of the movie that was directed by Roger Donaldson.

No question that this was apparently a star vehicle for the young Tom Cruise,who attained international stardom from Top Gun.Added to that,we also get to witness how it capitalizes on his good looks and how the story was rewritten many times for the viewer to enjoy. Added to that,we also get to witness on how the young Tom Cruise makes it an enjoyable and fun movie on his looks alone despite of having a so-so story. It was a guilty pleasure movie that would remind everyone of a young Cruise as well as the 80's.

inkblot11 5 May 2005

Fmovies: Brian (Tom Cruise) is not a college graduate but heads to New York City to try and make his fortune. Although he is an aspiring business man, no firm will hire him without that big piece of paper. As he enrolls in night school, he takes a job as a bar tender. In a short while, he is one of the best bartenders in town. His girlfriend lets him down, however, and he takes a job in Jamaica. Once there, his reputation grows, as a great bartender and a supreme carouser. His world is shaken when he meets Jordan (Elizabeth Shue)....he just doesn't know it. When she goes back to New York City, he follows. Will happiness ensue? This film succeeds because of the attractions of Cruise and Shue, the lovely Jamaican scenery, and the romantic plot. Bryan Brown gives a very nice performance as the unlikeable bartender who trains Cruise. The costumes are nice, too, and the inside of Shue's New York apartment is quite intriguing as an artist's digs. If you love stories of unlikely romance and realized aspirations, this one you will like. All fans of Cruise and/or Shue, must take time to watch this film as well.

blanche-2 18 January 2013

"Cocktail" from 1988 is one of the films that solidified Tom Cruise's superstar status. He stars in this film with Bryan Brown, Lisa Banes, and Elizabeth Shue.

Cruise plays Brian Flanagan, a young man with a lot of dreams of making big bucks. After getting out of the service, he relentlessly seeks a job in New York City, finally snagging one as a bartender in a upper east side, trendy bar, where he works alongside Doug Coughlin, his boss. Before long they're an attraction in and of themselves, throwing bottles to one another, finishing off each other's drinks, all the while dancing, turning, and gyrating.

Brian goes to business school as well, but given his late nights, it's exhausting and not very fulfilling.

He and Doug both have dreams of owning their own bars, and the two become great friends. However, after a huge fight, Brian goes to Jamaica and runs a bar there, making good money and falling for Jordan, a pretty waitress (Shue). Then Doug shows up, having married rich, and when a very classy, upscale woman (Banes) comes to the bar, Doug bets Brian that he can't get to first base with her. He does, and Jordan sees him do it, and drops out of the picture.

Back in New York, Brian finds out living with a high-powered woman is no picnic - in fact, it's pretty humiliating -- and he runs into Jordan again.

"Cocktail" doesn't have much of a plot, but it has two very attractive leading men, sexy Bryan Brown and, of course, Cruise, handsome even with his old nose and looking quite different than he did in "The Color of Money." He's very charming,likable, and exudes a lot of youthful energy. He has some emotional moments, too, which he handles well.

"Cocktail" is a light film aimed at a younger crowd than I was even in 1988, but anyone can enjoy its swinging New York atmosphere, lazy Jamaican sun, great soundtrack, and two wild bartenders. Underneath it all, it's about the dreams of youth and the reality of being out in the world. That's a message everyone learns pretty quickly.

floydreese 11 October 2018

Cocktail fmovies. Cocktail reminds me of the days films were innocent and were made to entertain an audience weary of their real-life concerns. If nothing else it is a reminder of the type of films the late 80s churned out. Tom Cruise, at the height of his superstardom plays a bartender who is coached by Bryan Brown in the big apple and then relocates to Jamaica. This is a good one time watch (preferably with a drink) and the locations and characters are innocent enough to be enamored with. If you have nothing to do on a lazy afternoon you can slip a disc of Cocktail in your player and get lost in not too heavy handed nostalgia.

mahealy 2 July 2000

It just don't get better than that. This is a great movie, and while it is true that the acting wasn't exactly stellar, well, you definitely shouldn't be watching this movie for the acting in the first place. A classic 80s flick in my estimation, Cocktail tells the story of a bartender trying to make it big. A great movie, featuring some big movie stars before they were big movie stars. After I watched it, I wanted to go downstairs to my wetbar and try spinning some bottles around like Tom Cruise. Grade A.

scaron-2 18 June 2002

I don't know what it is with this movie but I watch it every years and it just feels good! I think the movie magic happens with the incredible casting. You see and feel the emotions of every character. It's an ordinary story that is believable and that is the reflection of an era.

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