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Mixed or average reviews- based on 38 Ratings

  • Starring: Cate Blanchett, Roberto Benigni, Tom Waits
  • Summary: A comic series of short vignettes in which Jarmusch delves into the normal pace of the world from an extraordinary angle, showing just how absorbing the obsessions, joys and addictions of life can be. (MGM/UA)
Score distribution:
  1. Positive: 24 out of 35
  2. Negative: 2 out of 35
  1. Reviewed by: Karen Karbo
    100
    Like dark chocolate -- not semi-sweet, but the exotic, nearly black stuff -- Coffee and Cigarettes won't appeal to everyone. Jarmusch is the 70 percent cacao of contemporary filmmakers, and people who love this kind of chocolate swear by it.
  2. In Jarmusch's capable hands, the mundane has never been so delightful.
  3. Reviewed by: Ian Freer
    60
    Steve Coogan and Alfred Molina deliver a terrific meditation on insincere actors.
  4. Reviewed by: Claudia Puig
    38
    Too slight and pointless.

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Score distribution:
  1. Positive: 10 out of 21
  2. Negative: 8 out of 21
  1. Mr.Holland
    10
    Some people are crazy. it's a beautiful film.
  2. PeterH
    7
    A mildly entertaining story with several entertaining shorts. Several gems in the collection are Cate Blanchett's short and Steve Coogan and Alfred Molina's short. Expand
  3. JamesW.
    4
    Boring.
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