Cocktail Image
Metascore

Overwhelming dislike - based on 14 Critics

User Score

Mixed or average reviews- based on 16 Ratings

Summary: After leaving the Army, Brian Flanagan tries to get a marketing job in New York. But without a college degree, this was not possible. He then decides to start studying for a business degree at the local City College and gets a part time job as a bartender. He realizes that its not that easy, but when his new boss Douglas Coughlin teaches him the secrets of the bar trade and they become the most famous bartenders in town. Both Brian and Doug Coughlin want their own top class cocktail bars someday and Brian's Cocktail Bar is to be called 'Cocktails & Dreams', and in order to get the necessary money to open it, Brian travels to Jamaica to work as a bartender at a resort Tiki Bar, and the pay is good. There he meets Jordan Mooney, a young and pretty, up and coming American artist on vacation with her girlfriend from New York, staying at the Island resort. Jordan and Brian spend some quality time together and fall in love. But when Brian takes a dare from his old buddy, Doug Coughlin to sleep with an older woman, who is also staying at the resort. Jordan, herself the daughter of wealthy parents back in New York, leaves the Island overnight, after seeing Brian and the older woman together after closing... Will Jordan ever forgive Brian and will they get back together?
Runtime: 104 min
Production: Touchstone Pictures
Genres: Comedy, Romance
Country: USA
Language: English
Home Release Date: Aug 13, 2002
Director Credit
Roger Donaldson Director
Writer Credit
Heywood Gould Screenplay
Principal Cast Credit
Bryan Brown Doug Coughlin
Elisabeth Shue Jordan Mooney
Tom Cruise Brian Flanagan
Cast Credit
Andrea Morse Dulcy
Chris Owens Soldier
Ellen Foley Eleanor
Gina Gershon Coral
John Graham Soldier
Justin Louis Soldier
Kelly Lynch Kerry Coughlin
Laurence Luckinbill Mr. Mooney
Lisa Banes Bonnie
Richard Thorn Soldier
Robert Donley Eddie
Ron Dean Uncle Pat
Producer Credit
Daniel J. Heffner Co-Producer
Robert W. Cort Producer
Ted Field Producer
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