# Clean and Sober (1988)

> A compromised real estate agent uses rehab as a hiding place after a cocaine-related death, only to face the addiction he has spent his life manipulating.

Canonical page: https://ember.film/movie/8534

## Facts

- Runtime: 124 min
- Genres: Drama
- Director: Glenn Gordon Caron
- Cast: Michael Keaton, Kathy Baker, Morgan Freeman, Tate Donovan, Henry Judd Baker, Claudia Christian, J. David Krassner, Dakin Matthews
- TMDB rating: 6.4/10
- IMDb: https://www.imdb.com/title/tt0094884/

## Ember's analysis

- Pacing: measured
- Intensity: strong
- Complexity: accessible
- Violence: mild
- Mood: grim, unsentimental, intimate, serious movie night, recovery themed viewing

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