winning her back. Daryl tries to remain in Charlie's life to help her stay sober. After another fight with Lenny, she leaves the house, does a hit of cocaine (and perhaps return to Daryl) and is killed in a car accident. In despair, Daryl also feels a strong temptation to return to drugs. He visits Richard, who talks him out of it. Richard also explains he couldn't have saved Charlie as only the addict can take responsibility for themself. Near the story's end, Daryl, confused but hopeful and reborn, accepts his 30 Day Sobriety Coin in front of an audience of fellow members, as he tells his story. The film ends with a distorted shot of cars taking off into the night. Cast Michael Keaton as Daryl Poynter Kathy Baker as Charlie Standers Morgan Freeman as Craig M. Emmet Walsh as Richard Dirks Luca Bercovici as Lenny Tate Donovan as Donald Claudia Christian as Iris Brian Benben as Martin Henry Judd Baker as Xavier J. David Krassner as Tiller Dakin Matthews as Bob Ben Piazza as Kramer Rachel Ryan as Karen Peluso Reception Clean and Sober received generally favorable reviews at the time. Roger Ebert praised the "superb supporting performances" and noted, "Although the subject matter of this film is commonplace in our society...the actual process of surrender and recovery is hardly ever the subject of films, maybe because it seems too depressing." Variety wondered if the film was "perhaps too grim." In the Los Angeles Times, Sheila Benson wrote:[The film's] characters, particularly Keaton’s self-destructive Daryl and Kathy Baker’s seductive, wavering fellow addict Charlie, are daringly and consummately played. With anyone as scuzzy as Daryl--and to think of a character his equal you probably have to go back to Sweet Smell of Success--part of the fascination comes from seeing how deep the fault line runs. Caron and Carroll have managed the almost impossible; there is truly no reading Daryl until the last second of the last scene. On Rotten Tomatoes, the film holds a 53% approval rating based on reviews from 15 critics, with an average score of 5.4/10. Audiences surveyed by CinemaScore gave the film a grade "B+" on scale of A to F. Then-U.S. President Ronald Reagan viewed this film at Camp David on September 17, 1988 and wrote of it in his diary: "watched a long & not very entertaining movie about a man fighting drugs.". Awards