There have been many drug addiction movies: "A Panic in Needle Park", "Scarface", "Drugstore Cowboy", "Naked Lunch", "The Basketball Diaries", "Trainspotting", "Fear and Loathing in Las Vegas" and now "Permanent Midnight". This last one features Ben Stiller as writer Jerry Stahl, who is battling heroin addiction. Throughout the movie, we follow Jerry around and see how the addiction is affecting his life and relationships. It was certainly worth seeing, but it didn't really show anything that we haven't seen before (granted, it wasn't weird like "Fear and Loathing in Las Vegas"). It's sort of weird to think that Ben Stiller in the same year went from a totally silly role in "There's Something About Mary" to this grim role. Oh well...
Review of Permanent Midnight
