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14 reviews · Provided by Metacritic.com
- 63Chicago TribuneGene SiskelChicago TribuneGene SiskelTom Cruise does with bartending pretty much what he did with a pool cue in "The Color of Money." In other words, he shows skill at a con game while being less successful with the woman in his life. [29 Jul 1988, p.A]
- 50Chicago Sun-TimesRoger EbertChicago Sun-TimesRoger EbertThe more you think about what really happens in Cocktail, the more you realize how empty and fabricated it really is.
- 25USA TodayUSA TodayNear Cocktail's numbing end, viewers who are still awake will hear love interest Elisabeth Shue warn Cruise: "Your sexy little smile isn't going to work this time.'' Drink to that - a Bloody Mary to a bloody shame. [29 Jul 1988, p.4D]
- 20The New York TimesVincent CanbyThe New York TimesVincent CanbyCocktail, which opens today at the Cinema 2 and other theaters, is ''Saturday Night Fever'' without John Travolta, the Bee-Gees and dancing. It is an inane romantic drama that only a very young, very naive bartender could love. How it got that way is difficult to understand.
- 10Los Angeles TimesSheila BensonLos Angeles TimesSheila BensonArm wrestling and hamburger building have been exhausted as backgrounds for movies, so it was probably inevitable that bartending would be next. But nothing quite prepares you for the hamburger that Cocktail makes of an old and relatively honorable profession. [29 Jul 1988, p.14]
- 0Boston GlobeJay CarrBoston GlobeJay CarrThere isn't a scene in Cocktail that isn't cheap and dumb, and whether its camp entertainment value compensates for its contempt for women is a question. Cocktail makes beer commercials look deep, makes "Top Gun" look like "Hamlet." [29 Jul 1988, p.21]
- 0San Francisco ChronicleMick LaSalleSan Francisco ChronicleMick LaSalleCocktail is unbelievable - a picture that sets itself up as a gritty, authentic character study but is laughable, false and stupid in all its details. The only connection to reality here is that there are actually such things as bartenders. [29 Jul 1988, p.E1]
- 0The Globe and Mail (Toronto)Jay ScottThe Globe and Mail (Toronto)Jay ScottThere is no reality here, and no style: Cocktail waters down the philosophy of Dr. Norman Vincent Peale and serves it in a shot glass to hustlers. High school hustlers. [29 Jul 1988, p.C11]
- 0Wall Street JournalWall Street JournalThis one could bring back Prohibition.
- 0Chicago ReaderJonathan RosenbaumChicago ReaderJonathan RosenbaumVery, very stupid.