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Permanent Midnight

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Permanent Midnight (1998)

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Reviews Counted: 50 Fresh: 30  Rotten:20 Average Rating: 5.7/10
 
Consensus: Aimless storytelling undermines the gripping, unsettling subject of this film.
 

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Runtime: 88 mins

Synopsis: Based on the memoirs of Jerry Stahl, a successful TV writer who was reduced to working at a McDonalds' drive-thru window by his crippling addiction to heroin. Ben Stiller gives an acclaimed performance as Stahl in this gritty film ripe with darkly comedic moments. Stahl himself has a cameo as a... Based on the memoirs of Jerry Stahl, a successful TV writer who was reduced to working at a McDonalds' drive-thru window by his crippling addiction to heroin. Ben Stiller gives an acclaimed performance as Stahl in this gritty film ripe with darkly comedic moments. Stahl himself has a cameo as a drug counselor. [More]

Genre: Dramas

Starring: Ben Stiller, Maria Bello, Elizabeth Hurley, Janeane Garofalo, Owen Wilson

Director: David Veloz

DVD Info

Release:

Jul 29, 2008

[DVD Details]

DVD Features:

  • Keep Case
  • Widescreen

Audio:

  • Dolby Digital - English

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A movie to slit your wrist to.

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