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** Any scene where Ben is experiencing withdrawals are also not pretty to watch. Especially the scene following Ben's outburst at the casino where he wakes up on Sera's couch experiencing delirium tremens and crawls in agony to the fridge for more vodka. The music cue for this scene is even titled 'Ben's Hell'.
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* SugarWiki/HeReallyCanAct: Creator/NicolasCage and Creator/ElisabethShue give amazing performances in this film. Cage won the Best Actor Oscar while Shue was nominated for the Best Actress Oscar. They each also won (or were runners-up for) the lion's share of major film critics awards, most notably including New York, Los Angeles, and the National Society.

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* SugarWiki/HeReallyCanAct: Creator/NicolasCage and Creator/ElisabethShue give amazing performances in this film. Cage won the Best Actor Oscar UsefulNotes/AcademyAward, while Shue was nominated for the Best Actress Oscar. They each also won (or were runners-up for) the lion's share of major film critics awards, most notably including New York, Los Angeles, and the National Society.



** Xander Berkeley, who would later rise to fame for playing George Mason on ''[[Series/TwentyFour 24]]'', appears as the cab driver who takes Sera home after [[spoiler: she is raped]].
** Emily Procter appears in the film, several years before gaining major roles in ''Series/TheWestWing'' and ''Series/CSIMiami''.

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** Xander Berkeley, Creator/XanderBerkeley, who would later rise to fame for playing George Mason on ''[[Series/TwentyFour 24]]'', appears as the cab driver who takes Sera home after [[spoiler: she is raped]].
** Emily Procter Creator/EmilyProcter appears in the film, several years before gaining major roles in ''Series/TheWestWing'' and ''Series/CSIMiami''.

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* RetroactiveRecognition : Mariska Hargitay has a brief scene as a prostitute.

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* SomeAnvilsNeedToBeDropped: Alcoholism is bad.



* TheWoobie: Ben and Sera.

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* SomeAnvilsNeedToBeDropped: Alcoholism and prostitution are bad.

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* SomeAnvilsNeedToBeDropped: Alcoholism and prostitution are is bad.

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* RetroactiveRecognition : Mariska Hargitay has a brief scene as a prostitute.
** Xander Berkeley, who would later rise to fame for playing George Mason on ''[[Series/TwentyFour 24]]'', appears as the cab driver who takes Sera home after [[spoiler: she is raped]].
** Emily Procter appears in the film, several years before gaining major roles in ''Series/TheWestWing'' and ''Series/CSIMiami''.
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* SugarWiki/HeReallyCanAct: Nicolas Cage and Elisabeth Shue give amazing performances in this film. Cage won the Best Actor Oscar while Shue was nominated for the Best Actress Oscar. They each also won (or were runners-up for) the lion's share of major film critics awards, most notably including New York, Los Angeles, and the National Society.

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* SugarWiki/HeReallyCanAct: Nicolas Cage Creator/NicolasCage and Elisabeth Shue Creator/ElisabethShue give amazing performances in this film. Cage won the Best Actor Oscar while Shue was nominated for the Best Actress Oscar. They each also won (or were runners-up for) the lion's share of major film critics awards, most notably including New York, Los Angeles, and the National Society.
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* HeReallyCanAct: Nicolas Cage and Elisabeth Shue give amazing performances in this film. Cage won the Best Actor Oscar while Shue was nominated for the Best Actress Oscar. They each also won (or were runners-up for) the lion's share of major film critics awards, most notably including New York, Los Angeles, and the National Society.

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* HeReallyCanAct: SugarWiki/HeReallyCanAct: Nicolas Cage and Elisabeth Shue give amazing performances in this film. Cage won the Best Actor Oscar while Shue was nominated for the Best Actress Oscar. They each also won (or were runners-up for) the lion's share of major film critics awards, most notably including New York, Los Angeles, and the National Society.
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* HeReallyCanAct: Nicolas Cage and Elisabeth Shue give amazing performances in this film. Cage won the Best Actor Oscar while Shue was nominated for the Best Actress Oscar. They each also won (or were runners-up for) the lion's share of major film critics awards, most notably from New York, Los Angeles, and the National Society.

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* HeReallyCanAct: Nicolas Cage and Elisabeth Shue give amazing performances in this film. Cage won the Best Actor Oscar while Shue was nominated for the Best Actress Oscar. They each also won (or were runners-up for) the lion's share of major film critics awards, most notably from including New York, Los Angeles, and the National Society.
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* HeReallyCanAct: Nicolas Cage and Elisabeth Shue give amazing performances in this film. Cage won the Best Actor Oscar while Shue was nominated for the Best Actress Oscar. They each also won the lion's share of major film critics awards, most notably from New York, Los Angeles, and the National Society.

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* HeReallyCanAct: Nicolas Cage and Elisabeth Shue give amazing performances in this film. Cage won the Best Actor Oscar while Shue was nominated for the Best Actress Oscar. They each also won (or were runners-up for) the lion's share of major film critics awards, most notably from New York, Los Angeles, and the National Society.
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* HeReallyCanAct: Nicolas Cage and Elisabeth Shue give amazing performances in this film. Cage won the Best Actor Oscar while Shue was nominated for the Best Actress Oscar.

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* HeReallyCanAct: Nicolas Cage and Elisabeth Shue give amazing performances in this film. Cage won the Best Actor Oscar while Shue was nominated for the Best Actress Oscar. They each also won the lion's share of major film critics awards, most notably from New York, Los Angeles, and the National Society.
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* TomHanksSyndrome: For both the stars. Cage even won an Oscar for his efforts.



* TruthInTelevision / DoNotDoThisCoolThing: As sexy as both Elisabeth Shue and Nicolas Cage are in the movie, it is possible to drink yourself to death. And it's a lot messier than portrayed.
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* HeReallyCanAct: Nicolas Cage and Elisabeth Shue give amazing performances in this film.

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* HeReallyCanAct: Nicolas Cage and Elisabeth Shue give amazing performances in this film. Cage won the Best Actor Oscar while Shue was nominated for the Best Actress Oscar.
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* CompleteMonster: The frat boys.
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* TruthInTelevision / DoNotDoThisCoolThing: As sexy as both Elisabeth Shue and Nicolas Cage are in the movie, it is possible to drink yourself to death. And it's a lot messier than portrayed.
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* AlasPoorVillain: [[spoiler:Yuri.]]



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* HighOctaneNightmareFuel: See MoralEventHorizon.



* NightmareFuel: [[spoiler:Sera's gang-rape.]]



* TheWoobie: Ben and Sera.

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* JerkassWoobie: Yuri, definitely. Ben, maybe.



* JerkassWoobie: Yuri, definitely. Ben, maybe.
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* SomeAnvilsNeedToBeDropped: Alcoholism and prostitution are bad.

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* AlasPoorVillain: [[spoiler:Yuri.]]



* EnsembleDarkhorse: Yuri is only in four scenes and has no relevance to the main story, but he is arguably the film's most complex character and has a gut-wrenching subplot.



* TomHanksSyndrome: This film drove the leading stars into an Oscar: Cage won and Shue was nominated.

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* TomHanksSyndrome: This film drove For both the leading stars into an Oscar: stars. Cage even won and Shue was nominated.an Oscar for his efforts.

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* JerkassWoobie: Yuri, and maybe Ben.
* TearJerker - Everything about this movie, especially the DownerEnding.
* TomHanksSyndrome - This film drove the leading stars into an Oscar: Cage won and Shue was nominated.
* TheWoobie - Ben and Sera.

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* CompleteMonster: The frat boys.
* EnsembleDarkhorse: Yuri is only in four scenes and has no relevance to the main story, but he is arguably the film's most complex character and has a gut-wrenching subplot.
* HeReallyCanAct: Nicolas Cage and Elisabeth Shue give amazing performances in this film.
* HighOctaneNightmareFuel: See MoralEventHorizon.
* MoralEventHorizon: The frat boys [[spoiler:don't just gang-rape Sera, ''they videotape it to commemorate the moment.'']]
* JerkassWoobie: Yuri, and maybe Ben.
definitely. Ben, maybe.
* TearJerker - Everything about TearJerker: The last fifteen minutes of this movie, especially the DownerEnding.
film are ''harrowing''.
* TomHanksSyndrome - TomHanksSyndrome: This film drove the leading stars into an Oscar: Cage won and Shue was nominated.
* TheWoobie - TheWoobie: Ben and Sera. Sera.

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* JerkassWoobie: Yuri, and maybe Ben.



* TheWoobie - Ben is this, but some interpretations could paint him more as a JerkassWoobie.

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* TheWoobie - Ben is this, but some interpretations could paint him more as a JerkassWoobie.and Sera.

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