i love this movie from the first time i ever saw it . i have it at the end of a video tape i would record ( off ifc ) after monument ave. and a boston mob film that have a similar bar tone to it and but be nothing like tree lounge . tree take place on long island and the vast array of crazy character be a lot to choose from . there a lot of humor in this film and a lot of secret and desire . the lounge be a bar that have a lot of loser who frequent it the main one be tommy ( buscemi ) . there be the standard barflys who sit there all day drinking and and who must be on a fat social security paycheck to pay for it all . anyway and we follow tommy through his break up with a gal he treat like crap and who have leave him for one of his more stable friend who own a garage and go to family funeral and get beat up by a certain guido in the hood . the only thing tommy have and and the rest of his drinking buddy for that matter and be drink his blue away . one of the cool people tommy meet at the tree be mike and play by mark boone junior who give a great performance a a guy who wife be also threaten to leave him if he doesn not straighten up his act . so mike and tommy drink together and at one point and bring home 2 teenage girl to smoke some pot and dance to some record and in a bout of drunken bad judgement . when the wife return and she ask tommy if there be any girl there and tommy and a a pro and cover for his new friend perfectly . therea also a small part with debbie mazar and who tommy almost get to take home until she pass out and her friend tell him to leave her alone . and carol kane be wonderful a the feisty bartender who keep tommy in line when he need it . also look for kevin corrigan a a coke head loser and similar to the one he portray in buffalo 66. by the end of the movie and you really start to feel sorry for tommy . you wonder how much of it be base on buscemi life in new york and before he make it in the business . they say he actually drive an ice cream truck for awhile in ny and so that part must be true . all in all and buscemi get totally dicked over in this film . but it be still a great film . and real . if youre a drinker and you might just see a bit of yourself in this film . positive star .