This grisly, comical shaggy-dog thriller from Mexico provides the latest evidence that the international movement we might call Tarantinismo is alive and well.
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08/19/04
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Nicotina (2004)
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Reviews Counted:47
Fresh:21
Rotten:26
Average Rating:5.6/10
Theatrical Release:Aug 20, 2004 Limited
Box Office: $800,371
Synopsis: From the producers of "Amores Perros" comes "Nicotina", a highly stylized crime caper set in Mexico City about a simple exchange that goes awry, causing the lives of nine unsuspecting characters to... [More]
Starring: Diego Luna, Lucas Crespi, Jesus Ochoa, Rosa Maria Bianchi
Director: Hugo Rodriguez
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Reviews for Nicotina
Top CriticImagine a fast-paced Mexican Pulp Fiction, and you've got a pretty good idea what this pungent, funny and unapologetically violent caper film is all about.
08/20/04
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06/24/06
...perfectly enjoyable while it’s unfolding, but...[vanishes]...from the mind before the closing credits have finished.
08/18/04
Amusingly diverting at the time of viewing but ultimately as transitory as a wisp of cigarette smoke.
08/20/04
It leaves you with the spectacle of badly mutilated bodies and an unpleasant taste of too much hipster irony -- that was truly hip a decade ago when Tarantino did it right.
08/20/04
An uncertain, but also unboring, neo-noir comedy that has more than its share of gimmicks.
08/07/04
Appealing combination of mordant humor and cheerful pessimism.
08/19/04
Top CriticClose enough to Guy Ritchie's Lock, Stock and Two Smoking Barrels to make no difference, Nicotina delivers the predictable in a blur of phone calls, gunshots and lightning-fast editing.
08/07/04
Blood, guts, diamonds, and nicotine - a lethal and funny combination.
08/20/04
Director Hugo Rodriguez and writer Martin Salinas must have thought they were on a post-Tarantino edge. Their only edge is the razor slicing open the hoodlum.
08/20/04
It's extremely Tarantino, but quite watchable in its own right, and has some character-driven depth, given the very real economic concerns which face these mostly hard-working people.
08/08/04
Supercharged with an energy and ingenuity that Run Lola Run once had a patent on.
08/19/04
Skitters between dull and forced, this despite the use of split screens, jaunty music and the personable Luna.
09/24/04
Top CriticUndeniably, captivatingly clever.
08/19/04
The smoke that powers the film's narrative is a whole lot of hot air.
07/26/04
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