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Best movies portraying alcoholism
Posted on 5/15/23 at 7:54 am
Posted on 5/15/23 at 7:54 am
Not drinking comedies, but realistic movies portraying the alcoholic. Recently watched Leaving Las Vegas and Flight.
Have a close friend dealing with it pretty deep right now and had to turn both of these off at some point. Thinking about recommending he watch them so he could see himself in the mirror.
Have a close friend dealing with it pretty deep right now and had to turn both of these off at some point. Thinking about recommending he watch them so he could see himself in the mirror.
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Posted on 5/15/23 at 7:55 am to BabyTac
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Leaving Las Vegas
Came to post this.
Posted on 5/15/23 at 7:59 am to BabyTac
Clean And Sober with Michael Keaton. Really liked it when i watched it thirty years ago (damn!). Can't remember if Requiem For A Dream covered alcoholism but that movie hit hard.
Posted on 5/15/23 at 8:01 am to BabyTac
28 Days (not later)
When a Man Loves a Woman
Sneaky option is Doctor Sleep
When a Man Loves a Woman
Sneaky option is Doctor Sleep
Posted on 5/15/23 at 8:08 am to BabyTac
Barfly
Arthur
The Hustler
Arthur
The Hustler
Posted on 5/15/23 at 8:11 am to BabyTac
Crazy Heart comes to mind.
This post was edited on 5/15/23 at 8:12 am
Posted on 5/15/23 at 8:11 am to blueboy
Haven't seen Arthur in forever, but I always thought his alcoholism was seen as kind of cute and only slightly tragic.
Posted on 5/15/23 at 8:20 am to BabyTac
Isn't "A star is born" about ole boy being a drunk?
I remember watching the one with Bradley Cooper a while back.
I remember watching the one with Bradley Cooper a while back.
Posted on 5/15/23 at 8:21 am to BabyTac
Although not directly on point, Another Round (2020) might be worth a watch. You mentioned you don't want drinking comedies, and I'd say this is a dark comedy/drama, but I thought it still had some interesting things to say about life.
Posted on 5/15/23 at 8:25 am to BottomlandBrew
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Crazy Heart comes to mind.
The scene where he loses the kid because he decided to start drinking again is nerve-wracking.
This post was edited on 5/15/23 at 8:26 am
Posted on 5/15/23 at 8:26 am to BabyTac
Bad News Bears
Posted on 5/15/23 at 8:33 am to BabyTac
The Shining is essentially alcoholism in ghost form.
Posted on 5/15/23 at 8:36 am to BabyTac
28 Days with Sandra Bullock is pretty solid
This post was edited on 5/15/23 at 8:36 am
Posted on 5/15/23 at 9:08 am to BabyTac
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An outlier in the career of Blake Edwards – better known for comedies such as the Pink Panther series, 10 (1979) and Blind Date (1987) – this study of a couple’s descent into an alcoholic haze of an existence is perhaps all the better for the filmmaker’s lightness of touch. One of the most powerful domestic dramas of the 1960s, the film succeeds primarily because of Jack Lemmon and Lee Remick’s performances. (Edwards had directed Remick earlier that year in another rare foray outside comedy with the taut chiller Experiment in Terror.) Lemmon in particular mined the flipside of the manic character he played in Billy Wilder’s films and hinted at the pathos he would bring to later films, such as his Oscar-winning turn in Save the Tiger (1973) and the errant father in Short Cuts (1993).
I had to watch this one for a college class back in 2008.
This post was edited on 5/15/23 at 9:11 am
Posted on 5/15/23 at 9:10 am to rebelrouser
quote:It is, but he still has to battle and overcome it to be a grownup.
Haven't seen Arthur in forever, but I always thought his alcoholism was seen as kind of cute and only slightly tragic.
Could have gotten a better woman than Liza, though. I mean, come on. He was a billionaire.
Posted on 5/15/23 at 9:13 am to BabyTac
Just watched Flight for the first time last week, and I agree it seems to be a good portrayal showing that even “high functioning” alcoholics eventually lose their grip.
I could not watch Leaving Las Vegas more than once. It is painful.
When a Man Loves A Woman also came to mind.
I could not watch Leaving Las Vegas more than once. It is painful.
When a Man Loves A Woman also came to mind.
Posted on 5/15/23 at 9:15 am to tigerfan84
"Everything Must Go" (Will Ferrell in one of his rare serious roles) was solid.
Posted on 5/15/23 at 9:23 am to BabyTac
Nick Nolte killed it in “Warrior” as the drunk abusive dad.
Posted on 5/15/23 at 10:01 am to GeauxLSUGeaux
Tender Mercies
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