The Boost

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The Boost ★½ 1988 (R)

A feverish, messy melodrama about a young couple's spiraling decline from yuppie-ish wealth in a haze of cocaine abuse. 95m/C VHS, DVD . James Woods, Sean Young, John Kapelos, Steven Hill, Kelle Kerr, John Rothman, Amanda Blake, Grace Zabriskie; D: Harold Becker; W: Darryl Pon-icsan; C: Howard Atherton.

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