Cocktail
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Metascore
12 out of 100

Overwhelming dislike - based on 14 Critics What's this?

User Score
5.8 out of 10

Mixed or average reviews- based on 19 Ratings

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  • Starring: Bryan Brown, Elisabeth Shue, Tom Cruise
  • Summary: Brian Flanagan is a young, confident, and ambitious bartender who, with the help of a seasoned pro , becomes the toast of Manhattan's Upper East Side. But when he moves to Jamaica and meets an independent artist, their vivid romance brings a new perspective to the self-centered bartender's life. (Buena Vista Entertainment)… Expand

Critic Reviews

Score distribution:
  1. Positive: 1 out of 14
  2. Mixed: 2 out of 14
  3. Negative: 11 out of 14
  1. Chicago Tribune
    Reviewed by: Gene Siskel
    63
    Tom Cruise does with bartending pretty much what he did with a pool cue in "The Color of Money." In other words, he shows skill at a con game while being less successful with the woman in his life. [29 Jul 1988, p.A]
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  2. Chicago Sun-Times
    Reviewed by: Roger Ebert
    50
    The more you think about what really happens in Cocktail, the more you realize how empty and fabricated it really is.
  3. USA Today
    Reviewed by: Donna Britt
    25
    Near Cocktail's numbing end, viewers who are still awake will hear love interest Elisabeth Shue warn Cruise: "Your sexy little smile isn't going to work this time.'' Drink to that - a Bloody Mary to a bloody shame. [29 Jul 1988, p.4D]
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  4. TV Guide
    Reviewed by: Staff (Not Credited)
    25
    In fact, with no fewer than 17 of Donaldson's favorite rock songs and a complete lack of dramatic impetus, Cocktail would fare better as an extended-play music video.

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Score distribution:
  1. Positive: 3 out of 6
  2. Mixed: 0 out of 6
  3. Negative: 3 out of 6
  1. Tommy
    10
    This is one of the most iconic films of the 80's. It literally oozes cool. This is not one of the 29 worst films of all time... Give me strength!… Expand
  2. JD
    7
    This movie isn't a masterpiece but, it is entertaining, certainly shouldn't be in the worst movies list.
  3. BrentB.
    2
    I watched this movie when I was 14, so I did not realize how completely ridiculous it was until I watched it again as an adult. Please, if you are in your early 30's watch this movie again, with an open mind and a critical eye. Awful.… Expand
  4. CM
    1
    Was there a script involved or was this improvised? Awful waste of celluloid.

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