|
Actors: Ben Stiller, Elizabeth Hurley, Own Wilson, Janeane Garofalo
|
|
| Review Summary and Plot Commentary about Permanent Midnight |
|---|
Jerry Stahl is a hot television writer addicted to heroin. Fed up with New York and his drug addiction, he moves out to L.A. in the hopes of kicking his habit. He meets Sandra (Elizabeth Hurley) who needs her green card so he agrees to marry her. She gets him a job writing schlock for a puppet show which paid him $5,000 a week, but he has a $6,000 a week for his drug habit. Jerry ultimately gets fired and screws everything up in his life. He weakly tries to go to rehab but then meets another addict he smokes dope with. He finds out Sandra is pregnant with his child and tries to improve himself.
--Bobby Blades, Resident Scholar
|
| Analysis of Permanent Midnight |
|---|
Our unique search engine provides a wealth of detail about
books by breaking them down into many different literary
elements, all of which are searchable (click here). |
Ratings are on a 1-10 scale (Low to High)
Plot
Time/era of movie:
- 1980's-1999
Inner struggle or disability
Yes
Job/Profession/Poverty Story?
Yes
Job:
- writer
Druggie/Wino problems?
- drugs
Main Character
Identity:
- Male
Profession/status:
- writer
Age:
- 20's-30's
Eccentric:
Yes
- eccentric
- emotionally unstable
Hair color?
- brunette (Black)
Hair type
- (man) short/standard straight
Body type
- (man) very skinny
Unclothed?
- Chest
Events of movie makes character more...
- sensitive
Ethnicity/Nationality
- White (American)
How sensitive is this character?
- middling sensitive to others' feelings
Sense of humor?
- Cynical sense of humor
Intelligence
- Average intelligence
Physique
- druggie/wino disease
Secondary Main Character
Identity:
- Female
Hair color
- brunette (Brown)
Hair style
- (woman) medium/shoulderlgn wavey
Body type
- (woman) ample bosom & buttocks
How much in movie?
- 20%
Ethnicity/Nationality
- British
Main Adversary
Identity:
- a fight for survival
Setting
United States
Yes
The US:
- California
City?
Yes
City:
- Los Angeles
Style
Accounts of torture and death?
- no torture/death
Movie makes you feel...
- thoughtful
Sex/nudity in movie?
Yes
What kind of sex:
- kissing
- sex under blankets
Any profanity?
- A lot of foul language
Is this movie based on a
- book
|
| Most similar reviews by Gordonator ranking |
|---|
| Half Nelson
starring Ryan Gosling, Shareeka Epps, Anthony Mackie, Monique Curnen, Karen Chilton
|
| IvansXTC
starring Danny Huston, Lisa Enos, Peter Weller
|
| Light Sleeper
starring Willem Dafoe, Susan Sarandon, Mary Beth Hurt
|
| Pink Floyd The Wall
starring Bob Geldof, Christine Hargreaves, Eleanor David, Bob Hoskins
|
| American Splendor
starring Paul Giamatti, Hope Davis, James Urbaniak, Harvey Pekar
|
|
Resident Scholar Profiles
TOP SCHOLAR:
 Bobby Blades
SCHOLARS:
|
|
Note: the views expressed here are only those of the reviewer(s). | |
|
