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Tom Cruise
as Brian Flanagan

Bryan Brown
as Doug Coughlin

Elisabeth Shue
as Jordan Mooney

Lisa Banes
as Bonnie

Laurence Luckinbill
as Mooney

Kelly Lynch
as Kerry Coughlin

Gina Gershon
as Coral

Ron Dean
as Uncle Pat

Robert Donley
as Eddie

Ellen Foley
as Eleanor

Donna Isaacson

Andrea Morse
as Dulcy

John Lyons

Jack Newman
as Economics Teacher

Paul Benedict
as Finance Teacher

Diane Douglass
as Mrs. Rivkin

George Sperdakos
as English Teacher

David Chant
as Chinese Porter

Larry Block
as Bar Owner

Kelly Connell
as Yuppie Poet

Luther Hansraj
as Ambulance Attendant

Kenneth J. McGregor
as Sculptor

Kim Nelles
as Artist

David Crowley
as Doorman

James Mainprize
as Butler

Dan MacDonald
as Priest

Lisa Barnes
as Bonnie

Chris Owens
as Soldier

Justin Louis
as Soldier

John Graham
as Soldier

Richard Thorn
as Soldier

Robert Greenberg
as Job Interviewer

Harvey J. Alperin
as Job Interviewer

Sandra Will Carradine
as Job Interviewer

Allan Wasserman
as Job Interviewer

E. Hampton Beagle
as Job Interviewer

Parker Whitman
as Job Interviewer

Paul Abbott
as Snotty Customer

Rick Livingston
as Job Interviewer

Bill Bateman
as Job Interviewer

Jean Pflieger
as Job Interviewer

Rosalyn Marshall
as Job Interviewer

Jeff Silverman
as Job Interviewer

Rich Crater
as Job Interviewer

Marykate Harris
as Job Interviewer

Lew Saunders
as Job Interviewer

Dianne Heatherington
as First Waitress

Arlene Mazerolle
as Second Waitress

Ellen Maguire
as Bar Patron

Leroy Gibbons
as Singer

Joseph Zaccone
as Bar Patron

Ken McGregor
as Sculptor

Gerry Bamman
as Tourist

James Eckhouse
as Tourist

Reathel Bean
as Tourist

Peter Boyden
as Tourist

Liisa Repo-Martell
as Young Couple in Deli

Gregg Baker
as Bouncer

Adam Furfaro
as Young Couple in Deli

Richard B. Livingston
as Job Interviewer

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• Sep 25, 2016

  A classic that helped launch Tom Cruise's career. I have never seen this before but I really enjoyed it and I can see why many others also enjoyed it.
  

  Ian W Super Reviewer
• Dec 20, 2015

  So hilariously bad I can't even explain it. There aren't words to describe how awful this is, but I think it's at least deliberately awful...there's no way anyone could've thought this wasn't going to be terrible while they were making it.
  Stephen S Super Reviewer
• Oct 12, 2013

  This is actually one of my favourite Tom Cruise films.
  

  Beth M Super Reviewer
• Sep 21, 2012

  What has Mr Cruise done to blokes over the years huh. He made us all wanna join the military so we could play with fighter jets and have a cool nickname, play/hustle nine-ball for a living, be a NASCAR driver...but at one point he also made all men wanna become bartenders. The image...behind a slick neon lit bar, fast money and easy sex, who would say no?. Well the plot in this ever so 80's flick is a cocktail of drama in itself!. Kicks off as a loose dumb story about a young guy who learns to be a bartender and throws bottles around awful looking swanky yuppie/suit type bars. From there we get cheating, backstabbing and escapism to Jamaica where a soppy love story breaks out. More backstabbing follows as we proceed to more heartbreak and the involvement with older rich women, much more fun then. Yet more breakup, death of a friend and eventual makeup leading to the obvious happy ending. A veritable rollercoaster of a plot which is totally uninteresting and rather cringeworthy. Watching Cruise pose and strut around with his wide toothy grin and hair that can't decide to be straight or curly is somewhat painful at times. The bar scenes are really quite crap looking back, I remember how people thought this stuff was sooooo cool (laugh out loud!). The cast is also another odd cocktail of choice. Aussie Bryan Brown who never really made much of a splash in Hollywood is a bizarre choice. Whilst Shue was never very attractive in my book and hardly sells her character, so dreadfully vanilla and dull!! geez!!. Brown is just totally uncool and annoying whilst Shue is a wet fish. Add to that the constant flow of hyped over acting and mugging by Cruise...oh god it makes you wanna vomit in your Singapore Sling!. A film for the ladies I think as the only things that interested me was a few female arse shots and the thought of what life would be like as a sex toyboy for a rich middle aged business woman (I would of stuck it out). In places this film is very awkward to watch, bordering on embarrassing. So completely and utterly dated (in a bad way) and serves no purpose other than a history lesson on 80's social gatherings and what people thought was cool employment at the time. A time when Cruise's ego was sky high alongside his over acting, mind you what's new.
  Phil H Super Reviewer

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