Coffee and Cigarettes

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Aender S This film's got quite some funny moments, but the way they're delivered is boring. It would've probably helped for more atmosphere if the "cafés" had other customers than just the protagonists. There are definitely better films by Jim Jarmusch. Rated 2.5/5 Stars •  Rated 2.5 out of 5 stars 04/19/24 Full Review Steve D None of it worked for me at all. Rated 0.5/5 Stars •  Rated 0.5 out of 5 stars 01/31/24 Full Review John A Very experimental. 11 vignettes unrelated to each other present multiple characters that engage in fairly personal dialogue. I'm sad to report that most of this 90 minute picture is more or less a dud. Cate Blanchett's dual performance found in her own vignette somewhere in the middle is certainly an interesting watch. Rated 2.5/5 Stars •  Rated 2.5 out of 5 stars 12/01/23 Full Review Logan M Sadly, not all of the sketches are on the same level of quality. But the charm of the movie gets the audience through the lesser moments, and the stories that are good are all great. Rated 3.5/5 Stars •  Rated 3.5 out of 5 stars 03/12/23 Full Review Shioka O I love coffee but I don't smoke, so I give the half of 5 stars. I think this is not for a serious watch, maybe better to play each parts while you are having break, because their stories are not really connected. and maybe lower the volume and watch with subtitles, then some parts look like a European film. I like the part played by Cate Blanchett, with her talent. Rated 2.5/5 Stars •  Rated 2.5 out of 5 stars 12/08/22 Full Review Audience Member "Coffee and Cigarettes" supplies the perfect example of how a risky experimental premise can run into the weeds, leaving the audience painfully underwhelmed by the failure of unguided spontaneity to yield fortuitous magic. Indeed, this work might be offered up in film school as an example of talented performers floundering for lack of chemistry with one another while the excessively extemporaneous setting supplies nothing more than the anvil to deliver the final crushing blow. We feel as though we're witnessing an exercise in improvisation which predictably leads to a smattering of intriguing results engulfed within a wider void of pointless and uninspired meanderings. To the shock of this reviewer, even Tom Waits appears lost here as Jarmusch's camera finds just the right note of apathetic regard to further diminish the iconic singer's usually reliable appeal. To consume Jarmusch's "Coffee and Cigarettes" is to be struck by the appropriateness of its title: the viewer will surely be left with a bitter and stale taste in the mouth, unless one is apt to appreciate experimentation purely for its own sake. Rated 2/5 Stars •  Rated 2 out of 5 stars 02/14/23 Full Review Read all reviews

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