After being discharged from the Army, Brian Flanagan moves back to Queens and takes a job in a bar run by Doug Coughlin, who teaches Brian the fine art of bar-tending. Brian quickly becomes a patron favorite with his flashy drink-mixing style, and Brian adopts his mentor's cynical philosophy on life and goes for the money.
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The first half of this movie is so great. Just two guys vibing out, making drinks, dancing, having fun. But the second half is a sloppy, melodramatic, overly romantic mess. Clichés just abound here. There are still great moments, and Cruise gives an amazingly rizztastic performance, but that can’t save it from how sappy the movie gets at the end. It’s still a net positive but just a little disappointing.