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Elisabeth Shue, Julian Sands, Kim Adams, Laurie Metcalf, Nicolas Cage
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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Id: 8714709
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)
I like the subject but it's kind of drags trough out the entire movie.Really slow at some point and truly sincere and depressing in others.Nicolas Cage is amazing however.
This is a very good drama. Stars Nicolas Cage as a alcoholic and Elisabeth Shue as a prostitute. By chance these two troubled souls end up meeting and connecting. I would consider this sort of a very dark love story. Excellent performances from Cage and Shue. A very character dri...( 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.
