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- 2004
- R
- United Artists
- 1 h 35 m
- 2004
- R
- United Artists
- 1 h 35 m
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)
Directed By: Jim Jarmusch
Written By: Jim Jarmusch
- 2004
- R
- United Artists
- 1 h 35 m
- 2004
- R
- United Artists
- 1 h 35 m
Coffee and Cigarettes
65
7.2
Where to Watch
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)
Directed By: Jim Jarmusch
Written By: Jim Jarmusch
Where to Watch
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Metascore
Generally Favorable
Based on 35 Critic Reviews
65
69% Positive
24 Reviews
24 Reviews
26% Mixed
9 Reviews
9 Reviews
6% Negative
2 Reviews
2 Reviews
Metascore
Generally Favorable
Based on 35 Critic Reviews
65
69% Positive
24 Reviews
24 Reviews
26% Mixed
9 Reviews
9 Reviews
6% Negative
2 Reviews
2 Reviews
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.
Known for an elegant visual style, Jarmusch has a great gift for playing actors against one another, for finding complementary eccentrics (Murray and RZA) and uncovering rare gems (Bill Rice and Taylor Mead in "Champagne").
Sometimes movies tire us by trying too relentlessly to pound us with their brilliance and energy. Here is a movie pitched at about the energy level of a coffee break. That the people are oddly assorted and sometimes very strange is not so very unusual, considering some of the conversations you overhear in Starbucks.
Like "Mystery Train" and "Night on Earth," this feature by Jim Jarmusch is a short story collection, but it's funnier and more formally adventurous than either--also ultimately greater than the sum of its parts.
Very slight and, in the early going, slightly annoying, Coffee and Cigarettes is a long-borning Jarmusch project.
The best way to watch this film is while sipping coffee in a café. Nicotine optional.
Flat and uninspired.
User Score
Generally Favorable
Based on 60 User Ratings
7.2
67% Positive
40 Ratings
40 Ratings
27% Mixed
16 Ratings
16 Ratings
7% Negative
4 Ratings
4 Ratings
User Score
Generally Favorable
Based on 60 User Ratings
7.2
67% Positive
40 Ratings
40 Ratings
27% Mixed
16 Ratings
16 Ratings
7% Negative
4 Ratings
4 Ratings
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Awards
Chlotrudis Awards
• 3 Nominations
Central Ohio Film Critics Association
• 1 Win & 1 Nomination
Jeonju Film Festival
• 1 Win & 1 Nomination
