Trees Lounge

R

Released Oct 11, 1996

1h 34m

Comedy

Drama

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5,000+ Ratings

Long Island loser Tommy (Steve Buscemi) is a hopeless alcoholic who loses his job for stealing from his boss, Rob (Anthony LaPaglia), who's now dating his ex, Theresa (Elizabeth Bracco). Tommy copes with his failures by hanging out at local dive Trees Lounge with friends he can barely stand. He takes a gig as the ice cream man, but he's awful with kids. The best thing in his life is a lukewarm romance with cool local girl Debbie (Chloë Sevigny), who, unfortunately, is Theresa's underage niece.

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Owen Gleiberman

Entertainment Weekly

Rated: A

Sep 7, 2011

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BBC.com

Rated: 4/5

Apr 17, 2001

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Susan Stark

Detroit News

Rated: 3/4

Jan 1, 2000

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Emanuel Levy

EmanuelLevy.Com

An impressive feature debut from indie icon Buscemi, a serio-comedy and character study of a barfly (played by Buscemi) and the entourage that frequents the same working bar day after day; John Cassavetes would have been proud of this film.

Rated: B+

Jan 8, 2007

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Cole Smithey

ColeSmithey.com

Rated: 3/5

Nov 14, 2005

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Michael Dequina

TheMovieReport.com

Not nearly as interesting as Buscemi's body of work in front of the camera.

Rated: 2.5/4

Sep 14, 2005

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Bahad j

This idea of the film shooting technique director made the film more attractive to people.

Rated 5 out of 5 stars

07/29/24

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Bulgantamir B

It was a movie that made me understand a lot

Rated 5 out of 5 stars

07/29/24

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Munkhjargal A

this movie is an interesting movie about a young man. he overcomes his failure and hangs out with friends who can barely stand the local dive. He plays the role of an ice cream man, but he interacts with children. The best part of his life is his romantic relationship with a local cool girl named Debbie (Chloë Sevigny), unfortunately Teresa's underage niece.

Rated 5 out of 5 stars

07/29/24

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Бавуу Э

Long Island loser Tommy (Steve Buscemi) is a hopeless alcoholic who loses his job for stealing from his boss, Rob (Anthony LaPaglia), who's now dating his ex, Theresa (Elizabeth Bracco). Tommy copes with his failures by hanging out at local dive Trees Lounge with friends he can barely stand. He takes a gig as the ice cream man, but he's awful with kids. The best thing in his life is a lukewarm romance with cool local girl Debbie (Chloë Sevigny), who, unfortunately, is Theresa's underage niece.

Rated 5 out of 5 stars

07/29/24

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Richard L

Buscemi is great as the lead, and you have to give props to him for going with the realistic unlikable protagonist angle, but there's nothing about the film that really sticks with you after it's finished.

Rated 3 out of 5 stars

05/25/24

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Les M

This is the very sort of film that critics overrate, but this time the praise is deserved. Trees Lounge is not a great film because it doesn't have much of a plot, but it is an interesting film. The characters are realistic and it accurately depicts the lifestyles of alcoholics.

Rated 4 out of 5 stars

05/20/24

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Synopsis

Long Island loser Tommy (Steve Buscemi) is a hopeless alcoholic who loses his job for stealing from his boss, Rob (Anthony LaPaglia), who's now dating his ex, Theresa (Elizabeth Bracco). Tommy copes with his failures by hanging out at local dive Trees Lounge with friends he can barely stand. He takes a gig as the ice cream man, but he's awful with kids. The best thing in his life is a lukewarm romance with cool local girl Debbie (Chloë Sevigny), who, unfortunately, is Theresa's underage niece.

Director: Steve Buscemi
Producer: Chris Hanley, Brad Wyman
Screenwriter: Steve Buscemi
Distributor: Orion Pictures, Artisan Entertainment, Live Entertainment
Production Co: Live Entertainment, Muse Productions
Rating: R
Genre: Comedy, Drama
Original Language: English
Release Date (Theaters): Oct 11, 1996, Original
Release Date (Streaming): Aug 9, 2012
Box Office (Gross USA): $673.3K
Runtime: 1h 34m
Sound Mix: Surround, Stereo

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