Average Rating: 6.2/10
Reviews Counted: 119
Fresh: 76 | Rotten: 43
Episodes vary in quality, but overall this talky film is quirkily engaging.
Average Rating: 6.2/10
Critic Reviews: 36
Fresh: 25 | Rotten: 11
Episodes vary in quality, but overall this talky film is quirkily engaging.
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Average Rating: 3.5/5
User Ratings: 38,842
Jim Jarmusch's black-and-white feature Coffee and Cigarettes contains three vignettes originally released as short films along with separate yet somewhat related sketches. As the title suggests, most of the vignettes involve famous people smoking cigarettes and drinking coffee. The first, "Coffee and Cigarettes," is a six-minute short from 1986 starring Stephen Wright and Roberto Benigni. The 1989 installment, "Memphis Version," stars Steve Buscemi, Joie Lee, and Cinqué Lee. The award-winning
R, 1 hr. 36 min.
Drama, Musical & Performing Arts, Art House & International, Comedy
May 14, 2004 Wide
Sep 21, 2004
$2.0M
MGM
All Critics (130) | Top Critics (37) | Fresh (78) | Rotten (45) | DVD (20)
What unites everything is Jarmusch's playful, hang-dog absurdism.
A black-and-white novelty that plays like a directing-class exercise, you take your good with your bad with this one.
An oddball tribute to the art of conversation -- you know, just hanging out and talking with friends.
The film is a series of scenes, skits, episodes, that show two or sometimes three people smoking and sipping and conversing, usually in grungy places and usually improvising -- at least that's the intended impression.
A hit-or-miss movie.
An irresistible idea results in a movie as hazy and sometimes as irritating as cigarette smoke.
Curious collection of shorts will bore most kids.
Independent filmmaking grandfather Jim Jarmusch conceives the laziest and most tiring movie of his career with a series of vignettes calculated around celebrities talking over coffee and cigarettes.
...a brilliant examination of the nature of the modern encounter.
A little less than half of the film worked for me, which cannot justify a recommendation.
Between the wry trademark Jarmusch deadpan humor (and there is quite a bit of it) and the great cast, this one is worth a look, particularly for those already in the Jarmusch camp.
Often gorgeous and poetic film.
No matter how respected a celebrity is, watching him or her jabber about caffeine's stimulative power is not revealing.
Eleven smart breaks from everyday reality.
In the same vein as Night On Earth this collection has some great scenes. Especially one with Bill Murray and the Wu-Tang Clan.
October 27, 2011Super Reviewer
Casual as a coffee break and boasting Jarmusch's usual offbeat humor, this unpretentious collection of black-and-white vignettes is curiously entertaining and sometimes even hilarious. It flows by from one chat to another while celebs savor their java and smoke.
May 4, 2011Super Reviewer
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