Review of Clean and Sober (1988) by Rodney E — 29 Sep 2012
Post Beetlejuice and pre Batman, this is one Michael Keaton movie that I never saw and wasn't totally sure if I wanted to. This actually is a really good movie that Keaton is awesome in. He plays a yuppie cokehead who embezzles money from his work and is caught up in a shady situation with a girl who overdosed.
Maybe I thought that this would be a typical and cliched story of someone overcoming drugs and being all sitcom and preachy but it comes off as realistic and inspiring. One of the problems that I had with this was Keaton's pursuit of Kathy Baker's addict character but that has a resulting payoff that is effective.
The supporting cast including Morgan Freeman as a counselor and M Emmett Walsh as a sponsor are good but this is Keaton's show. He has a lot of memorable scenes in this but the ending scenes may be the best.
This review of Clean and Sober (1988) was written by Rodney E on 29 Sep 2012.
Clean and Sober has generally received positive reviews.
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