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Critic scores range from 0 to 100, with higher scores indicating more favorable reviews.

  • 100
    Chicago Sun-Times | Roger Ebert

    Cage and Shue make these cliches into unforgettable people. Read full review

  • 100
    Variety |

    The film pulls no punches, takes no prisoners and flies in the face of feel-good pictures. Read full review

  • 91
    Entertainment Weekly | Owen Gleiberman

    Dark and giddy at the same time, Leaving Las Vegas takes us into dreamy, intoxicated places that no movie about an alcoholic has gone before. Read full review

  • 90
    Rolling Stone | Peter Travers

    A uniquely hypnotic and haunting love story sparked by Nicolas Cage and Elisabeth Shue at their career best. Read full review

  • 90
    The New York Times | Elvis Mitchell

    Mr. Cage digs deep to find his character's inner demons while also capturing the riotous energy of his outward charm. [27 October 1995, p. C3] Read full review

  • 80
    Washington Post | Rita Kempley

    Doesn't go down smooth, but it doesn't promise to. Read full review

  • 80
    Washington Post | Desson Thomson

    What keeps the film (adapted from the late John O'Brien's harrowing semi-autobiographical book) from being completely unbearable are the extraordinary performances. Read full review

  • 75
    San Francisco Chronicle | Mick LaSalle

    Cage's great performance is matched by Shue, who becomes the focus by the middle of the picture. Read full review

  • 75
    USA Today | Mike Clark

    Deliberately downbeat, it's best as a two-person character study, stumbling a bit whenever it extends its parameters. Read full review

  • 70
    Los Angeles Times | Kenneth Turan

    Beautifully put together, sensitively acted by Nicolas Cage and Elisabeth Shue, directed by Mike Figgis with assurance and style and making exceptional use of its musical score, this doomed romance is finally not as satisfying as all of that would have you believe. Read full review

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