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Permanent Midnight (1998)
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Reviews Counted:50
Fresh:30
Rotten:20
Average Rating:5.7/10
Consensus: Aimless storytelling undermines the gripping, unsettling subject of this film.
Runtime: 88 mins
Genre: Dramas
Synopsis: Based on the memoirs of Jerry Stahl, a successful TV writer who was reduced to working at a McDonalds' drive-thru window by his crippling addiction to heroin. Ben Stiller gives an acclaimed... Based on the memoirs of Jerry Stahl, a successful TV writer who was reduced to working at a McDonalds' drive-thru window by his crippling addiction to heroin. Ben Stiller gives an acclaimed performance as Stahl in this gritty film ripe with darkly comedic moments. Stahl himself has a cameo as a drug counselor. [More]
Starring: Ben Stiller, Maria Bello, Elizabeth Hurley, Janeane Garofalo
Starring: Ben Stiller, Maria Bello, Elizabeth Hurley, Janeane Garofalo, Owen Wilson, Cheryl Ladd
Director: David Veloz
Director: David Veloz
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