Bar Hopping

"Bar Hopping" seems to be trying to be about the stereotypical bar tender and lay "shrink" serving up pearls of wisdom followed by example vignettes played out by the cast. However, this turkey is a jumbled mess with a script full of simple-minded cliched nonsense: Hard to follow, herky-jerky flow, unsatisfying, and not worth the time. (D)

What do you do when late one night while channel hopping you see your life (okay past life as in the 80's) on the TV before you? This movie was based on the good old days of the Improv. I can say it made better memories than a movie but I knew every one on screen. Steve that was a trip down memory lane that we all could have missed! Sorry still luv ya D

All in all I loved this movie , but not because of the acting or who was in it or anything like that. I loved this movie because I liked the idea of this movie. This is actually art imitating life. The fact that the situations that where going on and the things that they were talking about really does happen is an interesting perspective to me. While one person is at the bar thinking about one thing, another person is sitting there minding his business and seeing everything that is going on around him.There is always a conversation about nothing, a psycho waiting to blow, a relationship that is so dysfunctional that they'll be together forever no matter what. I liked the fact that they would show that while one thing is going on in this bar, at the same time, another thing is going on at the other bar.This movie reminded me of that song by elton john," the piano man." Everyone is at the bar, everyone has different things on there mind, and everyone has a distant goal and wants to be somewhere else in there lives. At the end, nothing was accomplished and nothing was solved, and just like a usual night of drinking, a lot of wasted time but at least you feel better.

Lara and Roger have just called a timeout for their romance. It's been three days. Naturally, Lara is in turmoil but insists to friends that she wants to go out to a local bar, their favorite hangout. Roger is thinking the same way. Meanwhile, another lady is stalking the man who did her wrong, a stoner is trying to avoid a dinner with his parents, an internet couple are about to meet in real life, and a walk on the wild side woman is taking a group of Middle Eastern men out for a night on the town. Will this motley crew of characters intersect? This movie is very cleverly written. It has a pungent humor that will delight some viewers but, others may find minor objections to the language and sexual content of the film. The ensemble cast is wonderful and believable in their portrayals of mixed-up love seekers. Too bad Kevin Nealon does not have a larger role! The Los Angeles setting is nice, too. For those film voyeurs who go bonkers over intelligent dialog and situations, with an indie flair, stroll down to the video store or library. You will like this one.

This film essentially begins with a young woman by the name of "Lara" (Linda Favila) crying to her friend "Mara" (Nicole Sullivan) about a recent breakup with her boyfriend "Roger" (John Henson). Although Mara is quite sympathetic to her friend's emotional state of mind, as it so happens, it's also during this time that she gets a phone call from another friend named "Kyra" (Romy Walthall) who is also experiencing a similar problem. Eventually, one thing leads to another, and both Lara and Mara decide to go to a local bar to hang out and possibly meet other men. Likewise, Kyra also decides to go bar hopping in the hope that she will meet her former boyfriend "Damien" (Scott Baio) as well. What none of them realize, however, is that this late-night excursion won't necessarily turn out the way any of them could envision. Now, although the synopsis of the film made it seem like it might be quite entertaining, it never came close to meeting that standard. Not by a long shot. The writing was terrible, the characters were all unlikeable, and most of the dialogue consisted of one random comment after another which never really amounted to much of anything. In short, this was an incredibly boring movie, and I have rated it accordingly.