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Intoxicating

  • 2003
  • Not Rated
  • 1h 49m
IMDb RATING
4.6/10
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Intoxicating (2003)
DramaThriller

Dorian Shanley, is a heart surgeon who abuses alcohol and drugs. Dorian trades stolen pharmaceuticals for cocaine , provided by his best friend and enabler, Teddy. While Dorian's life and ca... Read allDorian Shanley, is a heart surgeon who abuses alcohol and drugs. Dorian trades stolen pharmaceuticals for cocaine , provided by his best friend and enabler, Teddy. While Dorian's life and career take a nosedive, Shanley numbs the pain of losing his father, William Shanley, to a f... Read allDorian Shanley, is a heart surgeon who abuses alcohol and drugs. Dorian trades stolen pharmaceuticals for cocaine , provided by his best friend and enabler, Teddy. While Dorian's life and career take a nosedive, Shanley numbs the pain of losing his father, William Shanley, to a form of Alzheimer's common in prizefighters. To further complicate circumstances, Dorian fa... Read all

  • Director
    • Mark David
  • Writers
    • Mark David
    • Kirk Harris
  • Stars
    • Kirk Harris
    • John Savage
    • Eric Roberts
  • See production info at IMDbPro
  • IMDb RATING
    4.6/10
    403
    YOUR RATING
    • Director
      • Mark David
    • Writers
      • Mark David
      • Kirk Harris
    • Stars
      • Kirk Harris
      • John Savage
      • Eric Roberts
    • 9User reviews
    • 7Critic reviews
    • 38Metascore
  • See production info at IMDbPro
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    Kirk Harris
    Kirk Harris
    • Dr. Dorian Shanley
    John Savage
    John Savage
    • William Shanley
    Eric Roberts
    Eric Roberts
    • Teddy
    Camilla Overbye Roos
    • Anna Michelzewski
    Joanne Baron
    Joanne Baron
    • Dr. Eilene Preminger
    D.W. Brown
    D.W. Brown
    • Dr. Micheal Tuuri
    Ron Gilbert
    Ron Gilbert
    • Officer John Connor
    Allan Rich
    Allan Rich
    • Micheal Reilly
    Laurie Baranyay
    Laurie Baranyay
    • Megan Foster
    Michael Dalmon
    • Jerry
    Christina Carson
    Christina Carson
    • Nurse Amy
    Marie Black
    • Katie
    Art Chudabala
    Art Chudabala
    • William Stanley's Doctor
    Trevor Hale
    • Man in Bathroom
    Susanna Harter
    • Susan Walker
    Nina Kruse
    • Nurse in Hallway
    Aidan Harris Kuykendall
    • Dorian Shanley
    Tina Kuykendall
    • Mother Shanley
    • Director
      • Mark David
    • Writers
      • Mark David
      • Kirk Harris
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    2sinjac

    Just watch the trailer

    Don't bother watching the movie. The trailer is the best part. The rest is just filler party and bar scenes and little dialog. Don't even bother to turn on subtitles because most of the dialog is just "heh baby" or "heh sweetheart".

    The only suspense in this movie was wondering if Dr Shanley has a cleaning service. There was vomit on the bed linens when he went to the ER. When he returned home the rumpled bed linens were the same but the vomit was gone.

    The film could have been condensed to 30minutes are less. I suppose this isn't the worst film I've seen--since I did stay with it till the end, but it ranks pretty low.
    6WhiteTigerPat13

    Intoxicating is NOT so Intoxicating!

    This was a movie all about drugs and relationships! It was OK. I got a advance copy of the DVD and it's just a OK movie. The actors are good in it but very bland! If you want to do a character study on the subject of drugs rent or buy this movie, if not it is a interesting movie, but it's kinda boring at times but intense at the same time! I LOVE Eric Roberts and every movie he is in I watch! He was very good! So if you like drug movies and Eric Roberts WATCH IT! Also I have to give Mark David a lot of credit. It a strong subject and hard to do! It's directed pretty good and the actors are good, but look for the actors to do better projects, but I look forward to Mark David next feature!
    9maggiepie82

    Dark assignment

    For starters: I was given this film as an assignment by my film school college professor. Went to see it at Edwards University 6 in Irvine, CA. One of those small indie films where I could tell part of the audience dug it, and part didn't.

    Very dark and unforgiving in tone. Seldom have I seen a film with a more unlikable lead character. But, somehow I did like him. Maybe it was the devil may care grin. The filmmaker never wavers or backs away from the characters lifestyle. Not a film for everyone for sure. It is the character study about a young surgeon who parties like a mad man at night. One night stands between surgeries during the day. I left worn out like the main character. Supposedly based on a true story. Certainly felt real.

    Film felt like it could have been a bit shorter. Middle drags a bit. Well shot, with a hip score (although a bit too loud). All in all, I recommend it.
    1UncleBobMartin

    Why?

    A self-centered, wholly contemptible heart surgeon does everything in his power to ruin his life and to hurt the two women who are self-destructive enough to believe they love him.

    He is, of course, highly successful, and subsequently suffers enough to become a better person.

    Unfortunately, by this time I had developed such an intense dislike for this cretin that the only ending that would have been satisfying to me would have been to see him choke to death on his own vomit. No such luck.

    Somehow, he manages to suck down tons of drugs from an apparently uninventoried hospital dispensary, bring an OD case into the hospital without ever being questioned by hospital staff about his role in the incident, and even collapse in the middle of heart surgery, without immediate consequences. Whether any or all of these incidents has anything to do with his later suspension from said hospital is a mystery, they never pick any one reason for the suspension.

    Even if this were a good movie, it would be damn near ruined by the too-loud and uninspired soundtrack, alternating with scenes where the barely-talented leads mumble their lines in an evocation of intimacy...if you turn it up at such junctures, prepare to be blasted by bad orchestrations with the next scene change.

    I got sucked into watching this crud by the other reviewers here at IMDb. I have since checked their posting history, and none of them have much background - each of them wrote one to three reviews total, each was active as a "reviewer" for a single day. Don't get hyped!

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    This review has been voted down as "not useful" by 18 of 27. If you look at my other reviews on IMDb, *nowhere else* will you see 27 people interested enough in my review to vote. I can only presume that this mob is the same hypesters at work who gave this execrable piece of dreck such glowing reviews.
    10screentime

    A scary kind of heart surgeon

    I was just reading an article on addiction and doctors when I rented this one...

    How appropriate. Never heard of it before and was surprised. A much better film than the cover (which looked kinda "B". It is obviously a low budget film but certainly has heart and good performances. Dug that it wasn't afraid to be a little sexy too. A tad slow for a commercial film. Had a late sixties/early seventies feel to it (sans the hip hop soundtrack) which made me dig it all the more. Online I found a mention that the film was based on a true story. If that is so it is actually quiet a scary film.

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    • Soundtracks
      Die 4 Me
      Lyrics by Coolio (as Ivey) / Sen D.O.G. (as Reyes) / Azam Ali (as Ali)

      Music by Mark David (as David) / William Tabanou (as Tabanou) (NBS)

      Published by DT Pinstripe (ASCAP)

      Performed by NBS, Coolio, Sen D.O.G. (as Sen Dog) & Azam Ali

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    • Release date
      • January 11, 2003 (United States)
    • Country of origin
      • United States
    • Official site
      • Official site
    • Language
      • English
    • Also known as
      • Интоксикация
    • Production companies
      • Film Kitchen
      • JAM Pictures
      • Rogue Arts
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    • Gross US & Canada
      • $11,560
    • Opening weekend US & Canada
      • $6,686
      • Nov 7, 2004
    • Gross worldwide
      • $11,560
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    • Runtime
      • 1h 49m(109 min)
    • Color
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    • Aspect ratio
      • 1.85 : 1

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