6/10
dark and sobering
3 September 2016
Daryl Poynter (Michael Keaton) is a high-powered real estate salesman. He gets caught embezzling money losing much of it in the stock market. He wakes up next to an OD woman after doing cocaine with her. He tries to run away and ends up signing into an anonymous drug rehab program. He clashes with counselor Craig (Morgan Freeman) who has seen it all before. Richard Dirks (M. Emmet Walsh) becomes his sponsor. He starts flirting with Charlie Standers (Kathy Baker) who is addicted with abusive boyfriend Lenny.

Keaton goes darker pre-Batman. It's not an appealing character. He's ugly and destructive. It's an addiction and rehab movie. It is full of darkness. It does go outside of the standard rehab story with Charlie. It's not a fun watch but Keaton gets to stretch away from his comedic roles.
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