Clean and Sober

The directorial debut of Glenn Gordon Caron, the creator of the television series Moonlighting (1985-89), this intense, gritty drama was received as one of the best-ever cinematic treatments of substance abuse. Michael Keaton stars as Daryl Poynter, a hustling, successful Philadelphia real estate ...more

This searing portrait of a substance abuser never flinches in examining the brutal realities of his condition, boasting fine performances from a trio of lead actors doing some of their career best work. Michael Keaton is superb as an unrepentant coke addict, embracing and brandishing with abandon the sardonic edges of his personality that he normally works so hard to blunt or channel into comic energy. In one of his early, pre-stardom roles, Morgan Freeman is simply awe-inspiring as the worldly ...more