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200 Cigarettes (1999)
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Reviews Counted:56
Fresh:17
Rotten:39
Average Rating:4.5/10
Consensus: A clumsy and scattered comedy with a poorly executed script.
Runtime: 1 hr 39 mins
Genre: Comedies
Synopsis: Set in Manhattan on New Year's Eve 1981, this comedy features a revolving cast of characters fumbling their way around the East Village on their way to and from various parties. As the night gets... Set in Manhattan on New Year's Eve 1981, this comedy features a revolving cast of characters fumbling their way around the East Village on their way to and from various parties. As the night gets underway, two girls from suburban Long Island, Val (Christina Ricci) and Stephie (Gaby Hoffman), fall in with a crew of punk rockers, while the bubbly Cindy (Kate Hudson) has a date from hell with the aloof Jack (Jay Mohr). As others are added to the mix, the night only gets weirder. 200 CIGARETTES also stars Janeane Garofalo, Ben Affleck, Casey Affleck, Courtney Love, Dave Chappelle, Paul Rudd, and Martha Plimpton. And watch out for appearances by Elvis Costello and David Johansen. The film's time-capsule soundtrack features Blondie, the Cars, the Go-Go's, Bow Wow Wow, the Ramones, Kool & the Gang, Roxy Music, Elvis Costello, Nick Lowe, and more! [More]
Starring: Christina Ricci, Kate Hudson, Ben Affleck, Martha Plimpton
Starring: Christina Ricci, Kate Hudson, Ben Affleck, Martha Plimpton, Janeane Garofalo, Casey Affleck, Dave Chappelle, Jay Mohr, Paul Rudd, Courtney Love, Guillermo Diaz, Angela Featherstone, Gaby Hoffmann, Brian McCardie, Nicole Parker, Elvis Costello, David Johansen
Director: Risa Bramon Garcia
Director: Risa Bramon Garcia
Screenwriter: Shana Larsen
Producer: Betsy Beers, David Gale, Van Toffler
Composer: Mark Mothersbaugh, Robert Mothersbaugh
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Reviews for 200 Cigarettes
A light comedy, pure and simple (and hardly unfamiliar), but its makers sustain its energy through the unraveling of an intricate plot and bring to it a certain edge through a witty, sharp sense of observation.
For all the time spent gathering music appropriate to the era, the movie fails to capture anything important about the time.
Deft casting, boffo tunes and a snappy script provide 200 CIGARETTES with unfiltered fun.
It feels more like a high-level acting workshop than a narrative film.
The cast (playing uber-NYCers) are uniformly grating and obnoxious -- and Courtney Love as ringleader makes it even worse.
Harmless, if not exactly earth-shaking, good fun and some bright, improvisatory performances enliven it and make up for the thin screenplay and less forceful cast members.
A twentysomething comedy with a brain-dead script, unflattering lighting and 16 performers in search of a scriptwriter.
A toss-up between wonderful moments and weak moments. This is one of the brightest vignettes of the film, thanks fully to Plimpton's stand-out, high-energy, hilarious performance.
Has wall-to-wall music and lots of eye candy, but very little else. It's a drag.
Twenty-somethings just do not have the maturity to develop great and universal stories, but these performers try their mightiest.
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