Nicolas Cage and Elisabeth Shue are truly stunning in the 1995 film, Leaving Las Vegas, a powerful and tragic drama from director Mike Figgis(Internal affairs). The two stars give the best performances of their careers, in one of the best films of their careers.
Cage plays Ben, a man who has officially hit rock bottom and has gone to Vegas in a plan to drink himself to death. Until he meets Sera(played by Elisabeth Shue), a lonely hooker who falls for Ben. The film focuses on their relationship, pretty much.
You really grow to hate Ben, and you really grow to love Sera. And in the end, you feel really sad for her. The whole film is real. The film is mainly about two sad people who are having a midlife crisis, and watching them is intoxicating(no pun intended I swear).
Cage really earned his Oscar here, even though I sort of hated him. I think that Shue definitely should've won for her wonderfully sad performance here. We grow to truly care about these characters, and thats mainly why the ending is so sad.
This is a powerful and wonderful film that will keep you thinking about it long after its over. There is a lot to admire about it, but the main thing to admire is the remarkable performances by Nicolas Cage and the sadly forgotten Elisabeth Shue.
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Cage plays Ben, a man who has officially hit rock bottom and has gone to Vegas in a plan to drink himself to death. Until he meets Sera(played by Elisabeth Shue), a lonely hooker who falls for Ben. The film focuses on their relationship, pretty much.
You really grow to hate Ben, and you really grow to love Sera. And in the end, you feel really sad for her. The whole film is real. The film is mainly about two sad people who are having a midlife crisis, and watching them is intoxicating(no pun intended I swear).
Cage really earned his Oscar here, even though I sort of hated him. I think that Shue definitely should've won for her wonderfully sad performance here. We grow to truly care about these characters, and thats mainly why the ending is so sad.
This is a powerful and wonderful film that will keep you thinking about it long after its over. There is a lot to admire about it, but the main thing to admire is the remarkable performances by Nicolas Cage and the sadly forgotten Elisabeth Shue.
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