Cocktail (1988)
Directed by Roger Donaldson · 104 min · Romance, Drama, Comedy
5.5 TOPICAL score · #6,119 of 6,776 films
Vote for it on the board →After being discharged from the Army, Brian Flanagan moves back to Queens and takes a job in a bar run by Doug Coughlin, who teaches Brian the fine art of bar-tending. Brian quickly becomes a patron favorite with his flashy drink-mixing style, and Brian adopts his mentor's cynical philosophy on life and goes for the money.
Cocktail (1988, directed by Roger Donaldson) has a TOPICAL score of 5.5 - ranked 6,119 of the 6,776 films TOPICAL scores. It scores highest on lasting engagement and historical impact, and lowest on awards. Critics: 9% on Rotten Tomatoes · 4.2/10 critics' average · Metacritic 12. Audiences: TMDB 6.1/10 (1,682 ratings) · IMDb 5.9/10. Wikipedia covers it in 36 languages.
Why this score
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- Critics9% on Rotten Tomatoes · 4.2/10 critics' average · Metacritic 12
- AudienceTMDB 6.1/10 (1,682 ratings) · IMDb 5.9/10
- Awards0 wins, 0 nominations
- ImpactWikipedia articles in 36 languages
- Still read67,980 Wikipedia readers in the last 60 days
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