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100Cage and Shue make these cliches into unforgettable people.
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100At best, Leaving Las Vegas is pure alchemy -- it makes of flawed humanity a hymn, and of forlorn hope a beacon.
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100The film pulls no punches, takes no prisoners and flies in the face of feel-good pictures.
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91Dark and giddy at the same time, Leaving Las Vegas takes us into dreamy, intoxicated places that no movie about an alcoholic has gone before.
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90A uniquely hypnotic and haunting love story sparked by Nicolas Cage and Elisabeth Shue at their career best.
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90Cage again proves himself the most fearless actor now working in movies.
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90Stands on its grim integrity and the astonishing performances of the leads.
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90Furiously uncompromising, and therefore absolutely alive.
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90Mr. Cage digs deep to find his character's inner demons while also capturing the riotous energy of his outward charm. [27 October 1995, p. C3]
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90Anyone who cares about ravishing filmmaking, superb acting and movies willing to dive into the mystery of unconditional love will leave this dark romance both shaken and invigorated.
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88Leaving Las Vegas may not be a top choice for an upbeat outing, but there's something oddly poetic about the simplicity of Ben's mission and Sera's acceptance of it.
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88I don't see how you can get away from calling Cage’s performance a great one. [10 November 1995, Friday, p.C]
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88Draws its audience along a rarely-traveled path whose scope can only be fully appreciated in the silence of the aftermath.
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80What keeps the film (adapted from the late John O'Brien's harrowing semi-autobiographical book) from being completely unbearable are the extraordinary performances.
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80Doesn't go down smooth, but it doesn't promise to.
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78An amazing, bracing, funny, audacious, tender, and sobering piece of filmmaking. Few movies have ever dared to be this remorseless in their portraits of addiction.
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75Cage's great performance is matched by Shue, who becomes the focus by the middle of the picture.
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75Deliberately downbeat, it's best as a two-person character study, stumbling a bit whenever it extends its parameters.
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70Beautifully put together, sensitively acted by Nicolas Cage and Elisabeth Shue, directed by Mike Figgis with assurance and style and making exceptional use of its musical score, this doomed romance is finally not as satisfying as all of that would have you believe.
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70Needless to say, the plot goes nowhere, but under the pornographic circumstances Figgis, Cage, and Shue all do fine jobs.
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63Nicolas Cage gives one of the best performances of his strange, courageous career.
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60Leaving Las Vegas is special. A courageous plane wreck of character study.
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50A movie that may be just a bit too pleased with its own artful bleakness.
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