Synopsis
A disillusioned young writer living in New York City turns to drugs and drinking to block out the memories of his dead mother and estranged wife.
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Cast
- Michael J. FoxJamie
- Kiefer SutherlandTad
- Phoebe CatesAmanda
- Swoosie KurtzMegan
- Frances SternhagenClara
- Tracy PollanVicky
- John HousemanMr. Vogel
- Charlie SchlatterMichael
- David WarrilowRittenhouse
- Dianne WiestMother
Recommandations
- 88
Chicago Sun-Times
Fox is very good in the central role (he has a long drunken monologue that is the best thing he has ever done in a movie). To his credit, he never seems to be having fun as he journeys through club land. Few do, for long. If you know someone like Jamie, take him to this movie, and don't let him go to the john. - 70
The New York Times
It may not capture Mr. McInerney's novel completely or even succeed in standing on its own, but it does go a long way toward bringing the book to life. If Mr. McInerney's readers think it incomplete, they should also find it enjoyably familiar. - 60
Empire
An insipid '80s nostalgia piece really, held together by Fox's performance and several neat turns from his support. - 60
Chicago Reader
A hollow view of hollowness with a very polished surface. - 58
The A.V. Club
Too bad he's caught in a movie that all too accurately captures the tenor of its time with its slick, superficial, coked-up, money-drunk emptiness. - 50
TV Guide Magazine
Fox's performance is surprisingly assured; Sutherland is also convincing as his self-centered, dissipated, and snobbish best friend. - 50
Time Out
It's hard to care much about Jamie Conway, an aspiring novelist who is dissipating his substance in New York on cocaine and parties: Fox hasn't the range to play anguish, so the explanatory voice-over is less a survival from the best-selling novel than a necessity. - 40
Washington Post
The movie is like a Porsche outfitted with a lawn mower engine; there's not even enough juice to get the machine out of the driveway.
