Clean and Sober is a 1988 American drama film directed by Glenn Gordon Caron and starring Michael Keaton as a real estate agent struggling with a substance abuse problem.
The supporting cast includes Kathy Baker, M. Emmet Walsh, Morgan Freeman, Luca Bercovici and Tate Donovan.
Waking up one morning next to a woman who suffered a heart attack from a cocaine overdose, he tries to cover up their drug use, but the police make it clear that they know what happened.
Fearing arrest for the woman's death and embezzling his company's funds, Daryl goes to the airport to try to flee the country but his credit card is declined and he has no cash.
A month later, Daryl, confused but hopeful and reborn, accepts his 30 Day Sobriety Coin in front of an audience of fellow AA members.
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.
"[7] Michael Keaton won the 1988 National Society of Film Critics Award for Best Actor for his performances in both Clean and Sober and Beetlejuice.