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  1. Dec 25, 1998 · Eddie, the Sean Penn character, is a bruised romantic with a good mind, who is as unhappy as a person can be, and in a riveting scene uses cocaine to take him to a place free of raw emotional pain. It is a remarkable performance.

  2. Read other reviews with cautions on this film--don't confuse the tone of someone who hates what the characters stand for, what they believe in, and how they behave with the quality of the work done by the entire cast.

  3. Hurlyburly. Eddie (Sean Penn) is a confused and reckless man with a group of equally problematic friends. His roommate, caustic and sleazy Mickey (Kevin Spacey), is sleeping...

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    • Anthony Drazan
    • R
    • Sean Penn
  4. Hurlyburly has a 58% rating on Rotten Tomatoes based on 38 reviews with the consensus: "Though Hurlyburly offers a showcase of powerhouse performances from its leads, it's held back by a meandering narrative and verbose explorations of cynicism."

  5. A movie review by James Berardinelli. Hurlyburly is a talky film - the entire movie is constructed around lengthy sequences of dialogue where the characters talk and talk and talk, often saying nothing.

    • Anthony Drazan
    • R
    • Sean Penn
  6. Hurly Burly neither hurlies, nor burlies, rather hangs about in an LA apartment. The men are Hollywood agents, or producers. One is a bit-part actor (Chazz Palminteri miscast), who is so depressed because his wife has dumped him that he pushes a hooker out of a moving car.

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  8. Hurlyburly depicts the intersecting lives of several low-to-mid-level Hollywood players in the 1980s. Fueled by large quantities of drugs, they attempt to find meaning in their isolated, empty lives.

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