Leaving Las Vegas

Leaving Las Vegas

I love you... The way you are.

Directed by Mike Figgis

Produced by Initial Productions, Lumière Pictures

1995111 min7.3 / 10

A bleak, intimate portrait of two damaged people bound by mutual self-destruction and a fragile, doomed love in the neon wasteland of Las Vegas.

Ben Sanderson, an alcoholic Hollywood screenwriter who lost everything because of his drinking, arrives in Las Vegas to drink himself to death. There, he meets and forms an uneasy friendship and non-interference pact with prostitute Sera.

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  • Is Leaving Las Vegas sad? Yes, very. More sad than 99% of films.

  • Does Leaving Las Vegas end with hope? No. Less hopeful than 99% of films.

  • Is Leaving Las Vegas easy watching? No. Less comforting than 92% of films.

  • Is Leaving Las Vegas one of a kind? Yes. More singular than 87% of films.

  • Is Leaving Las Vegas violent? Somewhat. More violent than 59% of films.

  • Is Leaving Las Vegas scary? About average. Almost exactly mid-range.

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Surprise90

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Love80

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Same territory, far fewer people have seen it.

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