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Actors: Tom Cruise, Bryan Brown, Elisabeth Shue, Lisa Banes, Laurence Luckinbill
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| Review Summary and Plot Commentary about Cocktail |
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The main idea of this movie is that a young cocky bartender, Brian Flanagan (Tom Cruise) falls in love with a beautiful down-to-earth artist, and decides to settle down.
After Brian leaves the army, he decides to move to New York. In New York he gets a part time job as a bartender and also study for a business degree. His job starts off tougher than he expected but his boss Doug Coughlin (Bryan Brown) teach him some tricks of the trade by which he soon becomes one of the most popular bartenders in town.
Brian and Doug both have the same dream, they both want their own bars some day and Brian's would be called Cocktails & Dreams. Brian's dream come true, he opens up his own bar marry Jordan Mooney (Elisabeth Shue), an artist also a waitress from New York. Brian and Jordan have twins and lived happily ever after.
--Faiza Iqtidar, Resident Scholar
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| Analysis of Cocktail |
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Plot
Time/era of movie:
- 1980's-1999
Job/Profession/Poverty Story?
Yes
Job:
- bartender
Main Character
Identity:
- Male
Profession/status:
- small businessman
Age:
- 20's-30's
Is this an ordinary person caught up in events?
Yes
Hair color?
- brunette (Black)
Hair type
- (man) short/standard straight
Body type
- (man) average
Events of movie makes character more...
- caring
Ethnicity/Nationality
- White (American)
How sensitive is this character?
- middling sensitive to others' feelings
Sense of humor?
- Strong but gentle sense of humor
Intelligence
- Smarter than most other characters
Physique
- average physique
Secondary Main Character
Identity:
- Female
Hair color
- blonde
Hair style
- (woman) medium/shoulderlgn wavey
Body type
- (woman) very skinny
How much in movie?
- 80%
Ethnicity/Nationality
- White (American)
Main Adversary
Identity:
- general circumstances
Setting
United States
Yes
Misc setting
- bar
Style
Accounts of torture and death?
- no torture/death
Movie makes you feel...
- very happy
Any profanity?
- Some foul language
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