Clean and Sober

"Thirty remarkable days in the life of an ordinary man."

Aug 10 1988 R 2h 4m
Drama

Hotshot real estate salesman Daryl has a bad cocaine habit. After embezzling his company's money, he wakes up next to a girl who overdosed. To hide from the police, he checks into a rehabilitation program guaranteeing anonymity. Under the mentorship of counselor Craig, Daryl accepts that he has a substance abuse problem. As he falls in love with fellow patient Charlie, Daryl begins committing to a newly sober life.

Plot

Michael Keaton plays Daryl Poynter, a hot shot real estate agent who just happens to have a cocaine and drinking problem. One morning, he wakes up to find a dead woman in his bed (someone he had been partying with the night before) from a cocaine overdose. He also just happens to receive a phone call from his employers telling him a huge sum of money is missing from one of his accounts. Panicking, Daryl decides to check into a drug rehab to hide from the law, where he meets tough cookie Morgan Freeman. A recovering addict himself, he now works as a drug counselor, and knows all the tricks Daryl tries to pull. Soon Daryl discovers he just might be in the right place, after all.

Written by

Tod Carroll

Directed by

Glenn Gordon Caron

Production Countries

United States of America

Production Companies

Warner Bros. Pictures, Imagine Entertainment

Languages

English

Awards

1 win

Scores
# of Votes
7,797
Average Rating
6.7 out of 10
Metascore
NA
Popularity
NA