Here Nicolas Cage shows how great he is has an actor. We can feel and see the despair in his eyes. A very, very sad movie brilliantly performed. Good soundtrack that deepens the depression feeling.

Such a sad but powerfull movie in the same time..Cage's perfomance was just wow probably best role of his carrer.. 7.6/10 don't watch this if you are in a bad mood.

Mostly overrated. But somehow I can't stop thinking about this movie since seeing it. It leaves a lasting impression. Nothing much happens. There are no arcs, not much is spelled out for the viewer and there are barely any characters other than the 2 main cast. Lots of random cameos though. This might be Nicolas Cage's best performance ever, but still... it's just more Nic Cage. It might have something to do with Elizabeth's Shue then. She's absolutely gorgeous in this movie and her screen presence might be up there with Julia Roberts's "Pretty Woman", Cameron Diaz's "Mask" or Elisha Cuthbert's "Girl Next Door" at a "can't-help-but-fall-in-love-with-the-screen" level. "Sera" is a precursor of the later "manic pixie dreamgirl" trope: she's seemingly parachuted in from the land of dreams and is barely given any agency other than being the love interest of male protagonist and is on a mission to fulfill some sort of miserable drunk's fantasy. The love between them doesn't make any sense. They barely know anything about each other. But somehow, at some level, this feels very real.

The plot is rather depressing, but Elisabeth Shue is mesmerising throughout and Nic Cage gives one of the performances of his lifetime which is enough to see it through.

A great movie about a guy who has lost the will to live and wants to exit with a bang. A surprisingly good performance by Nick Cage.