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Cocktail · LeviOsa

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When he pours, he reigns.

RomanceDramaComedy1h 44m

🍅11%

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11%

Tomatometer

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58%

Popcornmeter

6.1

TMDB

Storyline

After being discharged from the Army, Brian Flanagan moves back to Queens and takes a job in a bar run by Doug Coughlin, who teaches Brian the fine art of bar-tending. Brian quickly becomes a patron favorite with his flashy drink-mixing style, and Brian adopts his mentor's cynical philosophy on life and goes for the money.

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DirectorRoger Donaldson

ReleasedJul 29, 1988

StatusReleased

Original languageEnglish

Budget

$20M

Revenue

$171.5M

Parental guideRUS

Studios

Interscope Communications

Touchstone PicturesSilver Screen Partners III

Cast

Tom Cruise

Tom Cruise

Brian Flanagan

Bryan Brown

Bryan Brown

Douglas "Doug" Coughlin

Elisabeth Shue

Elisabeth Shue

Jordan Mooney

Lisa Banes

Lisa Banes

Bonnie

Kelly Lynch

Kelly Lynch

Kerry Coughlin

Gina Gershon

Gina Gershon

Coral

Ron Dean

Ron Dean

Uncle Pat

Ellen Foley

Ellen Foley

Eleanor

Chris Owens

Chris Owens

Soldier

Louis Ferreira

Louis Ferreira

Soldier

James Eckhouse

James Eckhouse

Tourist

Laurence Luckinbill

Laurence Luckinbill

Richard Mooney

Where to watch(NG)

Stream

HBO Max Amazon Channel

HBO Max

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Amazon Video

Apple TV Store

Google Play Movies

YouTube

Fandango At Home

Reviews

10 reviews · 7 critics · 2 fans

3 fresh · 6 rotten

Critics consensus

“There are no surprises in Cocktail , a shallow, dramatically inert romance that squanders Tom Cruise's talents in what amounts to a naive barkeep's banal fantasy.”

11% TomatometerRotten Tomatoes

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Peter Travers

RTPeople MagazineFeb 26, 2019

As if realizing that his star hasn't smiled for 15 minutes, Donaldson tacks on a goody-goody ending that would shame the Care Bears. How to sum up what went wrong? Cruise has a line in the movie: "Flat beer from rusty pipes."

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Richard Corliss

RTTIME MagazineMay 21, 2013

Cocktail is a bottle of rotgut in a Dom Perignon box.

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Sheila Benson

RTLos Angeles TimesMay 21, 2013

The pairing of old-hand Brown and young-hand Cruise may have been meant to remind us of Cruise and Paul Newman; if so, think of this as The Color of Counterfeit Money.

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Eddie Harrison

RTfilm-authority.comMar 19, 2026

...the unquestioning attitude of the film to the central character's arrested development in terms of women is less than impressive…

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Information

Title

Cocktail

Released

Jul 29, 1988

Rated

R

Region of Origin

United States of America

Original Audio

English

Runtime

1h 44m

Status

Released

Studios

Interscope Communications, Touchstone Pictures

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