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(2003)
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A comic series of short vignettes built on one another to create a cumulative effect, as the characters discuss things as diverse as caffeine popsicles, Paris in the '20s, and the use of nicotine as an insecticide-all the while sitting around sipping coffee and smoking cigarettes. As director Jim Jarmusch delves into the normal pace of our world from an extraordinary angle, he shows just how absorbing the obsessions, joys and addictions of life can be, if truly observed.
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Coffee and Cigarettes review by Jards
Warning: may cause drowsiness!!
(1) of (1) members found this review helpful.
This film moves with the pace of an asthmatic ant and requires a huge amount of coffee and cigarettes just to endure it. If you enjoy staring at your navel for prolonged periods of time then this is the movie for you - throw away your sleeping pills and rent this out. However, if you have any sense of your own mortality, invest your precious time more wisely.
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Coffee and Cigarettes review by Shatner's Bassoon
Pretentious, dull and mind numbingly boring!
(1) of (2) members found this review helpful.
The problem with Jim Jarmusch is that, amongst the tedious bulk of his work there are occasional bits that sow some promise. This keeps causing me to give his movies a try when they are on TV or someone specifically recommends a certain title. Sometimes you do find something interesting. Coffee & Cigarettes however offers no such hope, just a series of painfully dull vignettes. Many of these look as though Jarmusch got friends and told them, sit there, improvise some really tedious dialogue, oh… and work coffee and cigarettes into the conversation. If those were the instructions then the film is pretty successful. Though to the average viewer, after the first few vignettes you'll soon start loosing the will to live. After 15 minutes I just began fast forwarding after a few minutes watching of each vignette, trying to find something worthwhile. If you're a Jim Jarmusch fan I suppose you'll like this, for whatever mysterious reason people like his stuff, but this is for hardcore Jarmusch fans only.
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Recent Reviews of Coffee and Cigarettes by our members
Coffee and Cigarettes review by broadbeanbrain
irritating
(0) of (1) members found this review helpful.
Has the cool languid beginnings of something that I was hoping might turn out like Down By Law but just falls short of anything that could be descibed of entertainment- more like viewer masochism. Sorry Jim.
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Coffee and Cigarettes review by Cherry
Hmm
(0) of (1) members found this review helpful.
We had to watch this in two sittings as we couldn't get into it. The first one and the one with Steve Coogan were the best. I suppose they were quite artistic and had some interesting concepts but they weren't really developed. We had the feeling that we just didn't 'get it'.
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Coffee and Cigarettes review by a
Good
(0) of (1) members found this review helpful.
I liked it. Im a lover of short films and this is a whole bunch of them connected with a common theme. They are just simple little snapshots of human interaction.
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Rated: 3.0 stars out of 5 from 102 ratings
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BFI Classification:
Suitable only for persons of 15 years and over
| Release Date: | 21/02/2005 |
| Production Year: | 2003 |
| Run Time: | 93 minutes |
| Aspect Ratio: | Widescreen 1.85:1 |
| Format: | Pal |
| Colour: | Colour |
Special Features:
- Outtake with Bill Murray
- Tabletops: short film with music by Joe Strummer and The Mescaleros
- Interview with Taylor Mead
- Original Theatrical Trailer
- Miles Fielder Film Notes
- Tartan Trailer Reel
