Cocktail
COCKTAIL - DVD Movie
Product Details
- Language: English
- ASIN: B000065V3G
Customer Reviews
A fun film
For those people who gave this film poor ratings, I think they're missing the point. It's supposed to be a fun film over all. It's not supposed to be serious acting with a heavy plot. Sometimes it's nice to watch a film where you don't have to think... you just sit down and enjoy. I personally enjoy films that 'take me someplace,' either physically or emotionally. This one takes you on a bit of a roller coast ride with Tom Cruise's character. While on that ride, you get to travel around to hip bars and tropical islands. There are a few emotional bumps in his path, but all turns out well with a nice happy ending. No, the film is not rocket science, nor is it supposed to be. It won't win an Oscar either, but if you're looking for an enjoyable movie where you can just sit down, relax, and have a good time, this might be a good selection for you.
Coming From A Batender......
This movie was very entertaining in all ways! I actually learned a lot from this movie as a bartender! Tom Cruise and Bryan Brown worked extremely well together. Get this movie if you want to laugh, feel sad, and then feel good again.
One of Tom Cruise's earliest and best movies
Flanagan (Tom Cruise) is a student studying business and who takes up a new job being a bartender. Flanagan proves to be a great bartender, but he doesn't want to be a bartender all his life, especially after his co-worker betrays him and after he drops out of college. Flanagan isn't really satisfied with anything in his life until he meets an attractive girl named Jordan (Elisabeth Shue) and falls in love with her. But even then everything doesn't go as planned after he takes up a bet with his betraying former co-worker.
"Cocktail" is a pretty good movie. It was one of the best of Tom Cruise's older movies. It has a good plot and the soundtrack isn't bad either. I recommend anybody to at least watch "Cocktail."
tom cruise and elisabeth shue-match made in heaven
this was a great movie. tom cruise played a dead sexy young guy trying to make his way in the bartending business. he falls for a cute ny city rich girl in jamaica. after going through rough times the 2 get married and have twins
Very Entertaining
Don't listen to that review that said this movie was AWFUL, because I'm here to tell you that it's not. It is a fantastic story of a guy named Brian's adventures bartending in New York City and Jamaica. If you don't find this film mega entertaining, then you'd better have yourself checked out.
"Tom At His Heigth Of Superstardom"
Before Tom Cruise was known as a crazed, jumping individual (anyone remember his appearance on "Oprah"?) and after his breakthrough performance in 1986's "Top Gun" Tom appeared in a line of successful Hollywood films making him the biggest box office attraction of his generation. "Cocktail" is one of the films that solidified Cruise as the most popular male star of the late eighties and early nineties.
I hadn't watched "Cocktail" in over ten years, but recently purchased the film on DVD. I completely forgot how dated the movie is; everything from the big, curly female hairdos to the tacky eighties music score and songs epitomozes how much the film was of its era. Still, if you can get past those minor issues the film is quite good. Tom gives a convincing performance as a young man who comes to New York City with dreams of becoming successful in the business world. After failing miserably in college (while bartending) Brian Flannigan (Cruise's character) decides to go to Jamaica with his best friend, make some quick cash, and open his own bar in the Big Apple. There's a nice love story here and Tom has never looked better, especially in the Jamaican scenes with his amazing tan.
The film grossed an amazing $80,000,000 on a $6,000,000 budget and is now known for some of the songs used in the film, tracks performed by the Beach Boys and Bobby McFarrin.
In recent years Touchstone Pictures has released "Cocktail" in a two DVD set with Tom's "The Color of Money" film from 1986, a picture he starred in with Paul Newman.
Favorite Movie
This was my favorite movie growing up and I'm glad they made it into a DVD so I can continue watching it!