Leaving Las Vegas is a very surreal movie about two people who cannot and will not leave their lives that are killing them physically and mentally. Nicholas Cage is an alchoholic who decides to move to Vegas after he loses his job and his family, he sells all his possesions so he can have money to buy hard liqours. Elizabeth Shue is a prostitute who has been beaten in the past and keeps hooking despite the abuse from clients. The two meet each other kind of like in "Pretty Woman" where the man just wants to talk and wants to get to know the girl. This movie however is anything but a cheerful film where the two people come to terms at the end. Shue takes Cage in and lets him live at her house, he still drinks and she still hooks. Throughout the time Cage's character becomes physically dependant on the alchohol, whenever he stops his body produces violent tremmors where he is forced to drink more and more. Shue can't stop Cage from drinking, but she knows it will kill him very soon, so she accepts it, as he as accepted her for the person she is, without ridicule or question. The two finally show their love for each other completely in the last minutes of Cage's life. Very sad film to watch, but I recommend it.
Review of Leaving Las Vegas
