Permanent Midnight 1998

He had a great job, beautiful wife and a habit the size of Utah.

5.957 / 10   104 vote(s)
R
Drama

Juggling increasing career success and a growing heroin habit, a television comedy writer attempts to go down a path of improvement.

Release Date 1998-09-16
Runtime 1h 28m
Directors David Veloz, Robert D. Yeoman, Joel Jeffrey Nishimine, Jaleh Teymourian
Producers Don Murphy, Jane Hamsher, Robert Leveen, Yalda Tehranian
Writers David Veloz, Jerry Stahl

4/10

Jerry Stahl is a complete junkie. He tells his life story to a fellow rehabber after she picks him up at his fast food job. Through conversational flashbacks we get glimpses of how Jerry wrecks his life.

Uninspiring. Stale. Meandering.

Jerry as well as all the other characters have no background, and they are completely flat. Perhaps a social commentary on the LA Scene, yet that has been done better elsewhere. Interesting to see Stiller as a junkie, but thats the best part.

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