Given Bukowski's involvement as the writer of the film based on his semi-autobiographical short story, this film can't help but come across as disappointing for its dishonesty and unappealing lukewarm approach.
This review of Barfly (1987) was written by Sarfaraz A on 12 Aug 2012.
Barfly has generally received positive reviews.
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