Cocktail is probably the worst film in Tom Cruise's catalogue; it's incredibly corny (as is typical of a fare bit of his work from the 80s), and is just totally flimsy throughout. You'll want to have imbibed a fair amount of alcohol if you want to get through it without wanting to give yourself bodily harm, for it's not so much "fun cheesy" as it is "stale cheesy". The only way I made it through is by laughing for near enough the whole running time, because as a serious meditation, this film fails completely. Annoyingly, for a film about a cocktail mixer (Cruise), the film takes itself a lot more seriously than you'd expect. It's pretty ...  Read the complete review

Tom Cruise is a funny one, an artist of two halves, a bit like Jacko. In his younger days, he was fresh faced, charismatic and everything he touched turned to gold. Nowadays he is a just a bit weird, and in all honesty, borderline scary. As a result, he almost appears to be two different people. Looking on IMDB, the last good film I could see was Jerry Maguire back in 1996. Painful to say the least. Here we have Cruise riding high on the likes of Top Gun, The Color (sic)of Money and (ahem) Legend (a poor man's Krull really) Cocktail tells the story of Brian Flanagan (Cruise), recently out of the army and trying to live the American Dream and make something of ...  Read the complete review

Tom Cruise is Brian Flanagan - a guy fresh out of the army and determined to be successful and get rich. However dozens of interviews later and he's been turned down every time. He does get one offer though - from Doug Coughlin (Bryan Brown) who runs a local bar (basically TGI Fridays). His plan is to stay there and earn enough to pay for business school and then get out there and make a million. Doug tells him the best way to get rich is to marry a wealthy woman which Brian laughs off. Doug turns Brian into one of the best barman, showing him how to woo the ladies and make the bar money using flashy tricks like juggling with the bottles to various tunes from the juke ...  Read the complete review

What a wonderful film, a bit cheesy in places but great none the less, this is a classic film, a diffinate feel good movie. Tom Cruise is looking young and at his best. The film is about a guy who ends up working at a bar, he and his partner become quite successful and after getting some money Cruise decided to go to Jamaica to set up his own bar. While out there he meets a nice girl, she falls for him, he falls for her...and so the story goes. Obviously the path of love does not run smooth, and thats basically the story. It is good fun, an easy film to watch...if you want a film that will stimulate your mind dont watch this. If you just want a quiet ...  Read the complete review

Cocktail - An 80's classic directed by Roger Donaldson (Thirteen Days and Dante's Peak). The star of this movies in the young, charming Tom Cruise (Brian Flanagan). Along with his gleaming smile he leaves the army and attempts to gain a job on Wall Street in Manhattan, New York. Being under qualifies he's unsuccessful and decides to study business and the local collage whilst working part time as a bartender. Brian is finding things at the bar tougher than he expected and his first night I one he will not forget in a hurry. Ready the knock the job on the head Brian's boss Douglas Coughlin (Brian Brown) takes him under his wing and decides to show ...  Read the complete review