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Romance & Cigarettes (2007)

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Reviews Counted:56

Fresh:29

Rotten:27

Average Rating:5.4/10

Consensus: This movie musical aims for fun and modern, but Romance and Cigarettes is too scattered and uneven to achieve either.

Rated: R [See Full Rating] for sexual content including some strong dialogue, and language.

Runtime: 1 hr 46 mins

Genre: Musical & Performing Arts

Theatrical Release:Sep 7, 2007 Limited

Box Office: $398,846

Synopsis: Part comedy, part romance, part drama, part musical, John Turturro's ROMANCE & CIGARETTES teeters on the brink of collapse at every single moment, just like the fragile characters that inhibit the... Part comedy, part romance, part drama, part musical, John Turturro's ROMANCE & CIGARETTES teeters on the brink of collapse at every single moment, just like the fragile characters that inhibit the film's frantic, manic world. The result is an unsettling, exhilarating, and thrillingly alive spectacle of a motion picture. Nick Murder (James Gandolfini) is a blue-collar worker who falls under the spell of the gorgeous redhead Tula (Kate Winslet). But when his frustrated wife, Kitty (Susan Sarandon), finds out, the Murder family begins to short circuit. Of the three daughters--Constance (Mary-Louise Parker), Rosebud (Aida Turturro), and Baby (Mandy Moore)--Baby appears to be next in line for love, though no one approves of her choice of mate, the goofy Fryburg (Bobby Cannavale). Kitty's absurd Cousin Bo (a hilarious Christopher Walken) helps her to track down Tula, but that proves to be a futile exercise as well. Along the way, there are crude coworkers (Steve Buscemi), annoying neighbors (Amy Sedaris), and brash in-laws (Elaine Stritch) to add even more zaniness to the proceedings. To make matters more bizarre, characters break out into song-and-dance routines whenever the fancy strikes them. While Turturro's film is certainly an acquired taste, it is nonetheless one of the more distinct works of the decade. He creates a world that is on the verge of absolute collapse, with characters who are clearly desperate to retain a connection to someone or something in our harsh modern world. [More]

Starring: James Gandolfini, Susan Sarandon, Kate Winslet, Steve Buscemi

Starring: James Gandolfini, Susan Sarandon, Kate Winslet, Steve Buscemi, Bobby Cannavale, Eddie Izzard, Mandy Moore, Mary-Louise Parker, Aida Turturro, Christopher Walken

Director: John Turturro

Director: John Turturro
Screenwriter: John Turturro
Producer: John Penotti, John Turturro
Composer: Paul Chihara
Studio: Humperdink

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10/01/08
Jenny Peters
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Hollywood.com

When it succeeds, it soars with great abandon, and when it fails, it fails so grandly that we still want to applaud it. This is a madhouse of a movie.

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02/18/08
David Cornelius
David Cornelius
DVDTalk.com

It shouldn't work, but there's something beautiful in Turturro's non-judgmental, almost affectionate, exposure of human love as the courting dance of clueless primates

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01/29/08
Amy Nicholson
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01/18/08
David Fear
David Fear
Time Out New York

In a season seasoned with off-beat originality in the movies, from Lars and the Real Girl to I'm Not There, you still have not seen anything quite like John Turturro's extraordinary Romance and Cigarettes.

Full Review Source: Film.com | comment Comment
01/03/08
Jonathan F. Richards
Jonathan F. Richards
Film.com
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The film has an overall tonal inconsistency and suffers from the occasional bout of tin-ear-itis, which ultimately derails this sometimes interesting attempt at reinvigorating the genre.

Full Review Source: Apollo Guide | comment Comment
12/31/07
Dan Jardine
Dan Jardine
Apollo Guide

...you have not lived till you've seen Walken belt out a Tom Jones tune.

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12/21/07
Luke Y. Thompson
Luke Y. Thompson
OC Weekly

It takes us on a unique, passionately committed journey.

Full Review Source: Los Angeles Daily News | comment Comment
12/21/07
Bob Strauss
Bob Strauss
Los Angeles Daily News

How weird is John Turturro's Romance & Cigarettes? Almost indescribably weird, though also strangely involving.

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12/21/07
Carina Chocano
Carina Chocano
Los Angeles Times
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John Turturro has crafted a truly unique American musical worthy of the Coen brothers' executive producer credits.

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12/20/07
Geoff Berkshire
Geoff Berkshire
Metromix.com

Romance and Cigarettes is a dark-red valentine to the way that pop music gets under our skin.

Full Review Source: Seattle Times | comment Comment
12/14/07
Moira MacDonald
Moira MacDonald
Seattle Times

One of the most inventive, surprising and challenging American films of 2005. Pity that it's 2007.

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12/13/07
Tim Brayton
Tim Brayton
Antagony & Ecstasy

A step away from Springtime for Hitler -- a classic awful.

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12/13/07
William Arnold
William Arnold
Seattle Post-Intelligencer

I found myself smiling with bafflement for most of the film, mostly enjoying the unorthodoxy of the whole thing.

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12/12/07
Eric D. Snider
Eric D. Snider
EricDSnider.com

An ambitious experiment, it's not entirely successful, but it's easy to admire.

Full Review Source: St. Paul Pioneer Press | comment Comment
12/07/07
Chris Hewitt (St. Paul)
Chris Hewitt (St. Paul)
St. Paul Pioneer Press

Romance and Cigarettes is a clever idea, poorly executed.

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12/07/07
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