Your Gold Box DVD Used DVDs VHS DVD & VHS Movie Showtimes All Products Explore This DVD buying info technical information editorial reviews customer reviews I dislike it I love it! 1 2 3 4 5 Edit your ratings Favorite Magazines! Explore our new Magazine Subscriptions store . Visit the Music Store Cocktail (1988 Film) ~ Various Artists Bissell $25 Offer Spend $125 on Bissell and save $25 on your next Amazon purchase. So You'd Like to... See My DVDs & VHS tape Collect... : A guide by Lauren E. Cognato, Former Video Store Employee, Actress & Movie Critic Create your guide Sign in to turn on 1-Click ordering. Used & new from $10.99 Have one to sell? Don't have one? We'll set one up for you. Cocktail (1988) see larger picture List Price: $19.99 Price: $17.99 & eligible for FREE Super Saver Shipping on orders over $25. See details . You Save: $2.00 (10%) Availability: Usually ships within 24 hours Used & new from $10.99 Edition: See more product details Great Buy Buy this DVD with Can't Buy Me Love DVD ~ Patrick Dempsey today! Total List Price : $ 39.98 Buy Together Today: $ 34.98 Customers who bought this DVD also bought: DVDs from The Grease Series . Some Kind of Wonderful DVD ~ Eric Stoltz Road House DVD ~ Patrick Swayze Footloose DVD ~ Kevin Bacon Explore similar items Product Details Starring : Tom Cruise , Bryan Brown , See more Director: Roger Donaldson Encoding: Region 1 ( U.S. and Canada only. This DVD will probably NOT be viewable in other countries. Read more about DVD formats .) Format: Color, Closed-captioned, Widescreen Rated: Not for sale to persons under age 18. Studio: Buena Vista Home Entertainment From IMDb: Quotes & Trivia ASIN: B000065V3G Other Formats: VHS Average Customer Review: Based on 50 reviews. Write a review . Amazon.com Sales Rank (DVD): 2,128 Click here for more technical details about this edition... Our Customers' Advice See what customers recommend in addition to, or instead of, the product on this page. Recommend an item! 1 person recommended Barfly instead of Cocktail See more customer buying advice Editorial Reviews Amazon.com This 1988 effort at creating a milestone coming-of-age story with the impact of The Graduate is commendable, but the results are mostly shaky and garish. Tom Cruise plays an ambitious young man who arrives in New York City and becomes known as a flashy bartender in a hot club. After falling for Elisabeth Shue's girl-next-door character, however, his desire for success causes him to travel down a more selfish path with an older woman. The film, directed by Roger Donaldson ( Bounty ), is built on entirely on appearances (Cruise's star charisma) and flash (the way Cruise and his character's bartending mentor, played by Bryan Brown, toss bottles of booze around). The more interesting and underlying themes, however, particularly the hero's obvious Oedipal dilemmas, are lost beneath this window dressing, as if everyone involved was afraid to commit to the story's intrinsic value. Cruise fans might want to take a look at this, but otherwise there isn't much to recommend it. --Tom Keogh --This text refers to the VHS Tape edition. Spotlight Reviews (what's this) Write an online review and share your thoughts with other customers. 4 of 4 people found the following review helpful: Cocktails & Dreams , December 20, 2001 Reviewer: Giles L Heaton from Crawley, West Sussex United Kingdom The story behind this film is a real hedonistic example of what most blokes would love to do. Hardly any responsibility being a bar-tender, except to those you tend - and all the while having a great time. The plot is thin which is why it is so easy to understand and this is what makes the film - the moment you have to think about a film like this, is the moment you miss the point. The soundtrack is great, and the movie soundtrack CD is missing some of the best songs from the film too, the best one when Tom and Elizabeth get frisky under the waterfall in Jamaica (Jimmy Cliff - Shelter of Your Love). Overall, most people can relate to many aspects of this movie, and many of the situations the characters are in such as hope, love, lust, vacations to hot tropical places, and of course at the end - family. Great film - you must see it if you haven't already! --This text refers to an out of print or unavailable edition of this title . Was this review helpful to you? 2 of 2 people found the following review helpful: So Awful that it's Amazing! , December 4, 2002 Reviewer: Jon M. De Benedictis (see more about me) from Fairfield, CT United States Every now and then a film comes along that has such poor acting, insane plot twists, and utterly absurd screenplay that you can't help but enjoy it....alot! "Cocktail" is just that film! With Tom Cruise as an arrogant, young, uber-bartender, the always amusing Bryan Brown as his English mentor, and Elizabeth Shue as the woman Cruise falls for, you've got quite a cast! Throw in some startling and bizarre apperances by Kelly Lynch, Gina Gershon, and that white guy from the Jeffersons and you get an interesting ensemble. Watch it just once, and some of the amazing one-liners will stick in your head ("beer is for breakfast around here...drunk or begone," or just about any of Coughlin's Laws). The banter between Cruise and Brown is quite interesting, as is their highly coordinated bar stunts. Shue is fun to watch in every scene, though not as fun as she was when she was getting it from all those guys backdoor-style in "Leaving Las Vegas." All in all, "Cocktail" will puzzle you, startle you, surprise you, and, like a good bartender, keep you coming back, round after round! Was this review helpful to you? All Customer Reviews Avg. Customer Review: Write an online review and share your thoughts with other customers. So 80s , March 1, 2005 Reviewer: Kirsten (see more about me) from Boston, MA But I love it. The acting is so-so but I just cant help falling in love with it. The DVD is not spectacular but at least it is in Widescreen. The movie is glamourus and it is very neonic. If you just want to watch a movie that is just plain fun, then this is the movie. Was this review helpful to you? 1 of 3 people found the following review helpful: One of the WORST movies ever!! , January 24, 2005 Reviewer: Marcus D. Corning (see more about me) from Langhorne, Pennsylvania United States This, by far is one of the worst movies EVER made. I don't even know why I bought it. It was stupid. That movie was over rated! Just horrible! I like Tom Cruise WAY better in "Days of Thunder", "Risky Business", his small "Outsiders" role, "Rain Man" and "Top Gun". I don't really like movies about bartenders and their romance. This movie fails, I give it a 0 and an F. Video Renters Beware! You will NOT like this movie! Have more fun watching glue dry. --This text refers to the VHS Tape edition . Was this review helpful to you? See all customer reviews... 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