- Studio: Indiepix
- Release Date: Feb 21, 2007
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- Summary: Cocaine Angel captures a grinding and tragic week in the life of a weary young drug addict who is clinging to the remnants of his once hopeful existence amidst the stink, the sweat, and unforgiving heat of Jacksonville, Florida.
- Director: Michael Tully
- Genre(s): Drama
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75Movies about addicts are a dime a dozen, but Cocaine Angel does its own thing, mixing humor with bleakness and resisting the too-common urge to romanticize addiction.
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70Pitch-perfect central perf (by scribe and co-producer Damian Lahey), total lack of dramatic artifice and surreally situational humor make for a minor-key vignette of unmistakable, if unstable, authenticity.
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60Harnessing the twin virtues of drollness and economy, Mr. Tully keeps scenes brief and melodrama on the margins.