Clean and Sober

Keeps the stakes compellingly high for the protagonist w/out ever needing to engage in the kind of gritty horror stories that ex-addicts like Jerry Stahl or the film Requiem for a Dream made famous. It's no didactic Lifetime movie either as Keaton's lead is always a selfish jerk even when he stops using. It results in a film that never feels anything less than real and representative of what life must be like for the average addict and it's only further elevated by the performances

Wow, I never knew Batman was such a good actor.

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Terrific acting elevates a mediocre movie. The script is packed with cliches and takes some easy options, the direction is uninspired and - as with so many such melodramas of the ‘80s - the music has not aged well, but the cast is on point to a man. Fine work by Baker, Walsh and - in one of his earlier ‘no bullshit’ mentor roles - the great Freeman. And, at its core, a performance of tremendous energy and charisma from Keaton. Always at home as wisecracking smooth-talkers, but here with layers o

Best way to break old habits is to start new ones.

One of the foremost assets the eternally underrated Michael Keaton anchors in this gritty character study is his rowdy, hectic energy, which makes his character feel less like a casualty than like a wreck happening to itself. Bolstered by first-rate supporting performances, he makes this everyday story into an individual's, and a very involving one.

Michael Keaton turns in a good performance, but the movie itself is flawed. There really isn't anyone to root for and you mostly want to see Keaton get his comeuppance throughout the movie. By the end, an unnecessary tragedy turns this into just another "message" movie.

a very small niche appeal, and in places it's pretty good, but overall it doesn't impress.

A drug rehab movie. Really good acting by Michael Keaton and Kathy Baker

Not bad.