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Summary: my favorite movie
Review: very intense...aNYONE WHO IS EVEN BORDERLINE ALCOHOLIC WILL BE MOVED BY THIS MOVIE...MYSELF TO THE POINT OF TEARS...DEPRESSING: YES..AMAZING: DEFINITELY...i HIGHLY RECCOMMEND IT!!!!!
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Summary: A totally nonsense movie
Review: A prostitute is in love with a hopeless drinker without any reason. That is the whole plot of the movie. The movie is full of degrading personality. Not worth to watch.
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Summary: Leave this one alone!
Review: This movie is dreadful! It's pointless and depressing! What a waste!
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Summary: A masterpiece of disturbing reality
Review: Not many films I've seen were able to depict the reality of compulsive drunks and hookers. It confirms what I have always thought: no matter what, the bottom line is that a human being is essentially love, and life revolves around it. Its presence or its absence dictates pragmatic success or self destruction.Ben's mind boggling drinking may seem too excessive, a expressway to death, but there is so much you can fit into a movie. The core here, in my opinion, resides in the fact that we can - voluntarily, control whether we survive drinking or not. Cage's interpretation is real, yet giving him an Oscar for that remains questionable. Sera's performance as a hooker brought - once again, yet with an astonishing evidence - that prostitution may not be reserved to poor girls and/or uncultured souls. Sue's acting is a masterpiece of profound conflict between business at any cost (the executive at the bar counter and the rape from the football players)and the real, love thirsty and sensitive Sera. He is not a hopeless drunk, She is not a cold blooded hooker. None of them are victims. But both are in desperation to find a way to justify why they are alive. The drunk and the Hooker are not alive, they simply exist! And finding themselves provided means to stop and come back, love as the basis of such painful, yet possibe and desirable recover. I cannot judge why the movie ended with her acceptance of his way of being, as I respect the author's and the director's choice. But as a message (and all real movies should convey one), it would be healing to see, even without an happy-end, that those disturbed beings could return to Life through Love. Elisabeth Sue deserved an Oscar for her amazing, beautiful, sensible and shattering interpretation. For the rest, music supported the movie being a breath holding experience from the beginning to the end. Grade AA++
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Summary: one of the worst movies ever made
Review: It's called character development, Mr. Figgis. If you can take a few mins to show Nicolas Cage was a film industry exec who's lost his family, then surely you can take 2 mins to explain why Elisabeth Shue is a hooker with perfect grammar and huge bookshelves in her apt. Female characters aren't just sympathy and sex machines that exist only to listen to the male characters whine throughout the movie. Why can't we give less than 1 star on amazon.com?
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Summary: The Academy must be blind, or biased.
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LEAVING LAS VEGAS
Nicholas Cage, Elizabeth Shue 1995 Synopsis
After a man (Cage) hits rock bottom, he decides to go to Las Vegas and drink himself to death. There he meets a prostitute (Shue) and they fall in love, despite their problems. My Review
I really don't understand what was so good about this over-rated film. And I really don't understand what was so great about the acting, that the Academy saw. Stupid, boring and dry flick about a drunk and a hooker. . .yawn.
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Summary: Leaving Las Vegas
Review: I watched Leaving Las vegas three times,each time rewinding my video with more of a sense of confusion.I understood the somewhat subtle plot and tried to come into terms with the characters in the movie.Nicolas Cage is great in this film dont get me wrong,but his character seemed very imaginary and unfruitful.Liz Shue's acting was also praisworthy however thin her appearance seemed.One has a sense that there is some part of the film missing,could be Im wrong but I failed to find the significance of the other characters in the film i.e-the Russian "pimp",If youre not into non linear films with strange scenes appearing from out of the blue give this a miss,but if you like a well portrayed broken man with a serious drinking problem and a suicidal view on life then check out this one.
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Summary: Truly enjoyable
Review: This movie tells it like it is to be an alcoholic in sin city. Mr Cage plays this part to perfection. Not one of those movies where you say to yourself, This only happens in the movies. If you really want to see what its like to be a true down and out drunk in Las vegas then buy this movies. You will watch it more then once.
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Summary: Leaving Las Vegas
Review: What words can be said that can truely express the genius of this movie? Well, here's a go at it. Not only does this movie provide two hours of amazing filmography, but the acting is astonishing. It's no wonder that Nicolas Cage recieved best actor for his portrayal of the alcohol guzling Ben. From many hidden religious symbols lurking in the background, to an all around wonderful and creative script this is a movie to watch again and again. Any film goer that enjoys the intense realism and beautiful imagery of Figgis will agree that this movie puts him right up there with Scorsese. In short, this movie absolutley satisfied every movie expectation I could ever have. WATCH THIS MOVIE!!!! You'll not be let down.
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Summary: Why I can't leave Las Vegas
Review: Excellant performances by both Nick Cage and Elisabeth Shue. Mike Figgis direction of this video was superb and kept the viewer in tune and kept the flim on an pace perfect for the story. Always keeping the viewer interested in the developing plot. Also the soundtrack for the flim really help set the mood and made the flim much more emotional for the viewer. Figgis wrote and played much of the original score showing he is not only a talented director but also a musican. Sting also lends his help to a few tracks during the movie. Overall this was a great movie, having not only a great story but also top notch directing as well as acting. Highly recomended.
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