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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.

Runtime: 88 mins

Genre: Dramas

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... 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]

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

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

Director: David Veloz

Director: David Veloz

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Globe and Mail

A profoundly depressing--but riveting--tale!

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Grossly comical!

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David Elliott
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David N. Butterworth
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It’s horrifying (and R-rated) if not utterly relentless; it sucks your breath away, perhaps too much.

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James Rocchi
James Rocchi
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As enveloping as it is darkly cautionary!

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Janet Maslin
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New York Times
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Wicked sense of humor!

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Witty!

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Marjorie Baumgarten
Marjorie Baumgarten
Austin Chronicle

Unsettling and-yes-often scorchingly funny!

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