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cinegeek.de - wrote on 04/11/2016

Cocktail erzählt die Geschichte zweier Bartender in verschiedenen Betten. Bemerkenswert ist dabei, wie wenig der Film über Bars weiss. Am Anfang gibt es eine Szene, in der die Beiden sich die Flaschen hin und her werfen, Eiswürfel quer über die Bar zielen und das alles choreographiert zu Rockn Roll. Es dauert auf diese Weise etwa fünf Minuten, um einen Cocktail herzustellen. Am Ende gibts auch noch Applaus des massenhaft auf einen Drink wartenden Publikums. In Wahrheit würden die Gäste nicht applaudieren, sondern die Beiden beschimpfen. Wir müssen also eine gewisse Verlogenheit in Kauf nehmen und akzeptieren, dass in diesem Film Bartending eben so viel bedeutet wie "Musik-Video". Tom Cruise ist der junge Barkeeper, der Millionär werden will. Bryan Brown der ältere, der mit …

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One of the best Tom Cruise movies

TheWolf - wrote on 08/06/2007

Tom Cruise before he went out of his gord crazy. This is one of the few Tom Cruise movies that I still respect and enjoy. Cocktail is ultimately the story of Bryan Flanagan's (Tom Cruise) reaction as he doggedly pursues his ambition of getting rich, only to learn that his dream was never really worth pursuing. A new arrival in New York City, the "greatest concentration of wealth in the world," young Flanagan immediately seeks to establish himself in the business world. Without an education or practical experience, however, he suffers one humiliation after another while job-seeking. Eventually he realizes that the business world demands an education, so he enrolls in college and settles for a job as a bartender to pay the bills. But then something extraordinary happens: he discovers that …

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