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  • 1995
  • R
  • Miramax
  • 1 h 23 m
  • 1995
  • R
  • Miramax
  • 1 h 23 m

Summary In this follow-up to "Smoke," it's nonstop laughs when a wacky group of locals visits the neighborhood cigar shop, looking for good times ... and finding plenty of hilarious fun! But when the greedy owner threatens to close the shop for good -- and turn it into a trendy vegetarian restaurant -- the neighborhood proves they'll do just abo...

Directed By: Paul Auster, Wayne Wang, Harvey Wang

Written By: Paul Auster, Wayne Wang

  • 1995
  • R
  • Miramax
  • 1 h 23 m
  • 1995
  • R
  • Miramax
  • 1 h 23 m

Blue in the Face

Metascore Mixed or Average Based on 16 Critic Reviews
56
User Score Generally Favorable Based on 18 User Ratings
7.5
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Summary In this follow-up to "Smoke," it's nonstop laughs when a wacky group of locals visits the neighborhood cigar shop, looking for good times ... and finding plenty of hilarious fun! But when the greedy owner threatens to close the shop for good -- and turn it into a trendy vegetarian restaurant -- the neighborhood proves they'll do just abo...

Directed By: Paul Auster, Wayne Wang, Harvey Wang

Written By: Paul Auster, Wayne Wang

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Metascore
Mixed or Average Based on 16 Critic Reviews
56
56% Positive
9 Reviews
31% Mixed
5 Reviews
13% Negative
2 Reviews

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Metascore
Mixed or Average Based on 16 Critic Reviews
56
56% Positive
9 Reviews
31% Mixed
5 Reviews
13% Negative
2 Reviews

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The film is so exuberant that we don't care whether we're listening to Lou Reed's off-the-cuff comments about New York, watching Mel Gorham do a sexy dance in front of a mirror, or hearing Jim Jarmusch's ramblings on the romance of the smoking culture.
By James Berardinelli FULL REVIEW
80
[The movie has] considerable charm and humor....Adam Holender's fresh, airy camera work and a vibrant electric score also add vitality to an all-talk film. [13 Oct 1999, p.F8]
By Kevin Thomas FULL REVIEW
75
The lows never last too long - something invariably jumps out to recapture our interest or prompt a chuckle.
By Rick Groen FULL REVIEW
63
Some of the bits work and others don't, but no one seems to be keeping score, and that's part of the movie's charm.
By Roger Ebert FULL REVIEW
50
An unpredictable, occasionally amusing, wildly uneven portrait of a neighborhood struggling to hold on to its identity.
By Hal Hinson FULL REVIEW
40
The pointlessness would be vastly more appealing if Wang and Auster didn't make such a point of it.
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25
What a bold notion for a movie, and what a bust in terms of execution.
By Peter Travers FULL REVIEW

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User Score
Generally Favorable Based on 18 User Ratings
7.5
67% Positive
12 Ratings
22% Mixed
4 Ratings
11% Negative
2 Ratings

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User Score
Generally Favorable Based on 18 User Ratings
7.5
67% Positive
12 Ratings
22% Mixed
4 Ratings
11% Negative
2 Ratings

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Production Company Miramax, InterAL
Release Date Oct 13, 1995
Duration 1 h 23 m
Rating R
Genres
Tagline Welcome to the planet Brooklyn.
Website http://miramax.com/blueintheface/
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Awards

Stockholm Film Festival
• 1 Nomination
American Comedy Awards, USA
• 1 Nomination

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