The film is about alcoholic screenwriter Ben Sanderson. It seems that this man is beginning to cope with his current situation as he drinks a lot and becomes in limbo in Las Vegas. There, he meets and forms a friendship treaty with a prostitute girl.
The film pulls no punches, takes no prisoners and flies in the face of feel-good pictures.
TV Guide
February 11, 2008
It's a relief when so dark a film refuses to preach, trusting the viewer to draw his own conclusions about the roots of America's self-destructive funk.
[VIDEO ESSAY] "Leaving Las Vegas" (1995) is a remarkably potent romantic drama that permanently altered the careers of many of the people involved in its creation.
