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SOBER

This one hit a bit close to home:
Days of Wine and Roses (1962);
the only slightly over the top and a bit to the side story of a pair of alcoholics and their downward spiral.

Lee Remick and Jack Lemmon star. It was Lemmon's first 'serious' role; not to say that Mr. Roberts wasn't serious but only mildly so. This one is dt serious; down and out serious; and heavy duty tragic serious.

It was, oddly, the first time that I saw it. Did I say that it was pretty serious? Yes.

I will give this NYTimes 1176 Best Film a 4 out of Netflix5.