Elisabeth Shue, Julian Sands, Kim Adams
An avowed alcoholic, Ben drank away his family, friends and, finally, his job. With deliberate resolve, he burns the remnants of his life and heads for Las Vegas to end it all in one final binge. On t...( read more
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DVD Release Date: February 24, 1998
Stats: 2,556 reviews
Love this film. It?s a very moving story of two lost souls finding each other albeit, a little too late. Cage deserved his Oscar for his performance but Shue was overlooked I believe.
aint seen anything like it before. it's the perfect accompaniment to a bottle of scotch. a drinkers paradise. essentially it's a twisted love story
Nothing spells tragic love story like a drunk and a hooker. Leaving Las Vegas is an excellent romantic movie. The characters are incredibly flawed, yet they don't bother trying to victimise them. Cage states "I can't remember if I started drinking when she left or she left when I...( read more)
"Is drinking a way of killing yourself?
- Or is killing myself a way of drinking?"
Ben Sanderson (Nic Cage), once a promising screenwriter, decides to drink himself to death after losing everything, including hope, in his life. In Las Vegas, he meets a beautiful prostitute c...( read more)
A moving love story that is really gruesome and sincere to watch.It provides a very shocking and revealing look at the lives of a hopeless drunkard and a lonely prostitute. It is intense but worth watching to understand the nature of different loves.
Leaving Las Vegas is quite a powerful and somewhat depressing romantic drama. Both the roles of anowed alchoholic played by Nicolas Cage and a troubled prostitute played by Elsabeth Sue are performed excellently creating perfect chemistry between the two characters throughout the...( read more)
Cage, a resourceful and daring actor, has never been better. full review
It's an enjoyable, sometimes fascinating film, and it grows in the memory. full review
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