Gritty and dark. Mickey Rourke funny and very convincing as an writer/alcoholic who likes to fight and runs his mouth off. His relationship with Faye Dunaway's character is also convincing. The movie also offers some good laughs.
***/****.
This review of Barfly (1987) was written by Michael C on 02 Aug 2004.
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