sterlinrivera-2000 "Cocktail" is an underrated movie for me. I really don't get the hate and razzies this film recieved. To me, I consider this to be a nice little romance/drama movie. I'd rather watch some of Tom Cruise's movies like "Top Gun", "Days of Thunder", and even the "Mission: Impossible" series.I recommend it for Tom Cruise's performance, and the pretty decent story.

Ian I never saw this back in the 80s or ever until now. I thought this was supposed to be good. But I guess people just want to watch Tom Cruise do whatever in his early heydays: Pour some drinks. Drive a race car. Fly a jet. Invest money. Be a lawyer. Get dressed up in uniform. It doesn't matter. People headed to the theaters.Cocktail is about two footloose and fancy-free bartenders have dreams of striking it rich with starting their own bar business and with, of course, the ladies. When the reality and true love hit how much sh_t will hit the fan or how many hearts will be broken and when will actual morals set in? There is double-crossing, sunny Jamaica scenes, damaged friendships and hearts. How will Cruise spin lemons into lemonade this time? This had a very thin as well as telegraphed story arc and bad cinematography. Overall, Cruise is more the movie than the story. I expected better from it.

Chance_Boudreaux19 This move is pure 80s cheese. It's a straight up melodrama with an unbelievable plot and overacting galore but it's glorious.This is a movie for those who adore the 80s and like Tom Cruise. Tom is really good in this and does his "I'm cooler than everyone" shtick like in Top Gun, Bryan Brown is also very good in this and the scenes with the two of them are probably the best in the movie. If this movie was made in 2018 it would just look like a 2 hour episode of The Bold and the Beautiful but a bit more raunchy. However because it is a time capsule to more interesting, care-free times it is a nice way to forget the troubles of the world whilst rejoicing at the sheer absurdity of this gem.

Sandcooler "Cocktail" is like one of those easy listening radio stations. It just works as background, it's fine as long as you don't pay too much attention. There's no real story, so if you tune out for ten minutes it doesn't matter at all. It's just scene after scene of Tom Cruise making cocktails, occasionally interrupted with a redundant love interest. It's a highly repetitive movie that goes absolutely nowhere, though Cruise's performance is a real saving grace. He carries the movie even though he has nothing to carry and makes this thing better than it deserves to be. He breathes life into his underwritten character and at least makes these scenes somewhat entertaining. It's still just a movie that devotes 90% of its running time to guys standing behind a bar taking orders, the fact that Cruise somehow makes that...palatable is already an impressive feat. Not impressive enough to recommend this though.