After a fight with his wife, who's leaving him, Dan's day is getting worse by the minute. He calls an old friend for a night of binge drinking and intoxication. They start a cathartic ride t... Read allAfter a fight with his wife, who's leaving him, Dan's day is getting worse by the minute. He calls an old friend for a night of binge drinking and intoxication. They start a cathartic ride through the city's underbelly.After a fight with his wife, who's leaving him, Dan's day is getting worse by the minute. He calls an old friend for a night of binge drinking and intoxication. They start a cathartic ride through the city's underbelly.
Allen Covert
- Coked Guy
- (as Alan Coert)
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This is a really great film, and it's kind of shocking, it being a straight to video release (tho its actual first release was on Starz!=.) The film stars emilio as a man who is in the middle of having his wife leave him, and he turns to anyone he can find. After calling up a number of old friends, he gets in touch with Jeff who takes him out on the town. The story is well drawn out, and it never gets boring. I love the nighttime scenes, and the photography in this movie is gorgeous. Thru the night, they meet drugged up hookers and spend time with them, they spend time at a very weird party, they golf in the middle of the night, and emilio's character gets arrested. It's a wild movie, and the tone keeps changing. One second they're at a crazy party, and the next they're discussing philosophical things while playing golf under a star filled sky. It works really well, and the changing tones is a big reason this movie is so great. It's hard to explain, but for me, it's one of those movies that mix tone and the beautiful night scenes and music together so well it gives you this weird feeling of peace. Maybe I'm losing it, but I always feel somewhat peaceful when I watch this movie. It doesn't get much better than this. 10/10
10emaco
This is a deeply insightful film that many people are probably not going to "get" fully, as evidenced by the other reviews here!
I almost didn't choose to watch this film, because I wasn't in the mood for another wild romp about decadence and the fun of partying. However, it doesn't merely follow the main character on a crazy night of adventures, but it shows how fate guides us down the proper path through those around us if we'll just listen. It's also a kick-ass love story.
The drugs issue in the movie is well done too, showing the good and bad sides of drug use and abuse. Some drug use can open up doors towards enlightenment (though the government doesn't want you to find that out) while an addiction to cocaine can become a life-wrecking nightmare.
The script is beautifully written, and even the most bizarre characters in the film are rendered with compassion and wit, each giving insight into another aspect of humankind. This film is definitely too literary and bizarre to be embraced by the American mass market, but I loved it.
I almost didn't choose to watch this film, because I wasn't in the mood for another wild romp about decadence and the fun of partying. However, it doesn't merely follow the main character on a crazy night of adventures, but it shows how fate guides us down the proper path through those around us if we'll just listen. It's also a kick-ass love story.
The drugs issue in the movie is well done too, showing the good and bad sides of drug use and abuse. Some drug use can open up doors towards enlightenment (though the government doesn't want you to find that out) while an addiction to cocaine can become a life-wrecking nightmare.
The script is beautifully written, and even the most bizarre characters in the film are rendered with compassion and wit, each giving insight into another aspect of humankind. This film is definitely too literary and bizarre to be embraced by the American mass market, but I loved it.
10Kitty-23
What a surprise!!! Just when you think you have this one
figured out...you are wrong!!! Watching these guys go out in LA
is enough to make anyone happy to be home, safe away from the
freaks!! I laughed throughout and was caught off guard by the
honest, yet often ugly, reality of growing up and letting go of
old friends and habit
figured out...you are wrong!!! Watching these guys go out in LA
is enough to make anyone happy to be home, safe away from the
freaks!! I laughed throughout and was caught off guard by the
honest, yet often ugly, reality of growing up and letting go of
old friends and habit
I bought this movie because I am slightly obsessed with Wings, one of the best sitcoms ever, starring Steven Weber. This movie, out of all of his others, is the best. This is just a dark and gritty, very well directed movie, set in Hollywoood, about typical latenight fun between two guys looking for trouble...set in one of my favorite settings for a movie, California! I'm from NJ. There is just something special about the doings of "normal" non-famous people in Hollywood. The grittiness seems almost surreal next to all the glamor we imagine. I often daydream about being a bartender in a dive Hollywood bar...for the rest of my life...call me crazy. GREAT MOVIE!!!
Dan (Emilio Estevez) is a entertainment lawyer that is his wife (Kelly Rowan) left him for a better life. Dan decides to re-examining his life and finding himself. Dan gets together with a mysterious friend:Jeff (Steven Weber) is a smooth, fast-talking buddy will anything for Dan to have a good time.
Since Dan has one hell of a time in bars, clubs, high maintenances call girls and others things in this unforgettable night. But Dan mixes his life with fantasy, reality and everything in between. It's possible that Dan might find what's missing in his so-called life.
Written and Directed by Steven Brill (Heavyweights, Little Nicky, Mr. Deeds) made an amusing comedy with dramatic scenes and moments of truth. Although the film is never as satisfying as you'd like to be. Estevez is good in one of his few rare "adult" roles. Weber is excellent as Dan's mysterious friend. This film was first seen in Cable TV. (*** ½/*****).
Since Dan has one hell of a time in bars, clubs, high maintenances call girls and others things in this unforgettable night. But Dan mixes his life with fantasy, reality and everything in between. It's possible that Dan might find what's missing in his so-called life.
Written and Directed by Steven Brill (Heavyweights, Little Nicky, Mr. Deeds) made an amusing comedy with dramatic scenes and moments of truth. Although the film is never as satisfying as you'd like to be. Estevez is good in one of his few rare "adult" roles. Weber is excellent as Dan's mysterious friend. This film was first seen in Cable TV. (*** ½/*****).
Did you know
- TriviaEmilio Estevez and Catherine O'Hara previously acted in films for which John Hughes wrote the story and screenplay. Estevez starred in The Breakfast Club (1985), and O'Hara co-starred in Home Alone (1990) and Home Alone 2: Lost in New York (1992).
- GoofsWhen Dan leaves the police station, he still has the fake coke with him. When police confiscate "unknown" substances (including breath mints and cigarettes), they do not return them. They claim to "destroy" such items ("for their protection"), so the likelihood that Dan would have it returned to him is Hollywood invention.
- ConnectionsFeatures Lassie (1954)
- SoundtracksDon't Pull Your Love
written by Dennis Lambert and Brian Potter
performed by Hamilton Joe Frank & Reynolds
Details
- Runtime
- 1h 30m(90 min)
- Color
- Sound mix
- Aspect ratio
- 1.85 : 1
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