Leaving Las Vegas (1995)
I love you... The way you are.
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Leaving Las Vegas rating: IMDb, Rotten Tomatoes and Metacritic
IMDb7.5/10· 143K votes
Rotten Tomatoes91%
Metacritic82%
TMDb7.251/10· 2K votesWith 91% on Rotten Tomatoes, backed by 7.5/10 on IMDb and 82/100 on Metacritic, critical reception of this film has been very positive.
About Leaving Las Vegas
Ben Sanderson, an alcoholic Hollywood screenwriter who lost everything because of his drinking, arrives in Las Vegas to drink himself to death. There, he meets and forms an uneasy friendship and non-interference pact with prostitute Sera.
Cast of Leaving Las Vegas
Nicolas Cage
as Ben Sanderson
Elisabeth Shue
as Sera
Julian Sands
as Yuri
Richard Lewis
as Peter
Steven Weber
as Marc Nussbaum
- K
Kim Adams
as Sheila
Emily Procter
as Debbie
- S
Stuart Regen
as Man At Bar
Valeria Golino
as Terri
Graham Beckel
as L.A. Bartender
Albert Henderson
as Man at Strip Bar
- S
Shashi Bhatia
as Hispanic Prostitute
Leaving Las Vegas facts
- Budget
- $3.6M
- Box office
- $49.8M
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Audience opinions
What the audience liked
- •Unflinching portrayal of addiction captures devastating human struggle
- •Dark romance narrative explores complex emotional entanglement authentically
- •Award-winning performances convey anguish with raw honesty
What the audience disliked
- •Unrelenting bleakness provides minimal emotional relief or hope
- •Destructive relationship dynamics may trigger viewers seeking uplifting narratives
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