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Permanent Midnight (1998)

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Reviews Counted:70

Fresh:43

Rotten:27

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... [More]

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

Director: David Veloz

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Feb 23, 1999

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11/16/09

70%

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7/15/09

80%

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4/18/09

70%

Quote by Kathryn P.

2/20/09

60%

Quote by Film4o

2/10/09

80%

Quote by Darren J.

1/16/09

50%

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12/5/08

50%

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11/11/08

80%

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9/10/08

80%

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8/15/08

70%

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6/26/08

70%

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3/18/08

60%

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1/3/08

60%

Quote by jvongator

12/24/07

60%

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12/16/07

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12/12/07

70%

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10/25/07

50%

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10/24/07

70%

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10/17/07

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10/15/07

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