The film tells about Henry Chinasky who spends a great time drinking at the bar always. One day, Henry begins to face a new path by getting to know alcoholic Wanda and falls in love with her. After that, he became famous for his poems that he always wrote.
As I write about Barfly, I do seem to be talking myself into greater admiration for it, or at least into a sense of welcome design beneath its superficial inertia.
Mickey Rourke gives a splendid performance as Bukowski's alter ego, the boozy, offbeat and eccentric writer, and he also brings the best out of Faye Dunaway as his unstable companion.
A terrific little film that features the best performance Mickey Rourke has ever given. It drags you into its world and makes you care about the characters.
Urban Cinefile
June 05, 2009
Charles Bukowski's semi-autobiographical short story-cum-screenplay is rich fodder for filmmaker Schroeder, who squeezes all the available juice out of it in a sensitively directed film
