Will have to settle for being known as the Mexican 8 Heads in a Duffel Bag.
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12/08/04
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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
While obviously not a unique or uniquely satisfying experience, the film still does the job in a pinch, and looks cool doing it.
09/10/04
Clever and entertaining.
09/10/04
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09/11/04
Amusingly diverting at the time of viewing but ultimately as transitory as a wisp of cigarette smoke.
08/20/04
It arrests with violent bursts and anxious pauses until its three plots merge in a satisfying resolution; its laughs caught in my throat like smoker's cough.
08/19/04
Supercharged with an energy and ingenuity that Run Lola Run once had a patent on.
08/19/04
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08/16/04
The only similarity it bears to the work of Quentin Tarantino is in its propensity for shooting main characters in the head.
08/23/04
Mr. Rodriguez and screenwriter Martin Salinas create inspired moments of dark humor.
08/19/04
Top CriticIt's as though director Hugo Rodríguez and writer Martín Salinas watched every movie ever influenced by a Tarantino movie -- not the real thing, even -- and boiled them into something bland.
08/20/04
A frantic crime thriller that never transcends its influences to arrive anywhere interesting.
12/10/04
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
Close 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
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
An uncertain, but also unboring, neo-noir comedy that has more than its share of gimmicks.
08/07/04
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12/06/05
Ultimately, it is series of coincidences and misunderstandings in which nicotine is to Nicotina what the Big Mac was to Pulp Fiction.
08/20/04
Tedious... dated...
08/16/04
At long last, derivative, ironic Tarantino-esque crime films have made their way to Mexico to mine territory bereft of any fresh material!
08/24/04
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