Last Exit to Brooklyn
R
6.8
1989
1 hr 43 min
Drama
A gallery of characters in Brooklyn in the 1950s are crushed by their surroundings and selves: a union strike leader discovers he is gay; a prostitute falls in love with one of her clients; a family cannot cope with the fact that their daughter is illegitimately pregnant.
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- Cast:
- Stephen Lang , Jennifer Jason Leigh , Burt Young , Peter Dobson , Christopher Murney , Jerry Orbach , Alexis Arquette
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Reviews
Let's be realistic.
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Good story, Not enough for a whole film
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Don't listen to the negative reviews
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The biggest problem with this movie is it’s a little better than you think it might be, which somehow makes it worse. As in, it takes itself a bit too seriously, which makes most of the movie feel kind of dull.
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