200 Cigarettes

Name: 200 Cigarettes
Genre: Drama, Comedy, Romance
Released: February 26, 1999
Duration: 101 min
Rating: 33
Cast: Angela Featherstone, Ben Affleck, Casey Affleck, Dave Chappelle, Gaby Hoffmann

1999

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Movie Details & Credits

Paramount Pictures | Release Date: February 26, 1999 | R

Starring: Angela Featherstone, Ben Affleck, Casey Affleck, Dave Chappelle, Gaby Hoffmann, Guillermo Díaz, Janeane Garofalo, Kate Hudson

Summary: It's New Year's Eve 1981, and a wild assortment of comic characters are looking for romance in NYC's rollicking East Village. Can a poser, a hunk, a teeny bopper, a gabby cabbie, a cute klutz, and a bevy of too-cool-to-cope artists find love before the stroke of midnight? [Paramount]

Director: Risa Bramon Garcia

Genre(s): Drama, Comedy, Romance

Rating: R

Runtime: 101 min

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Mick LaSalle

200 Cigarettes doesn't have a bad scene or a false note. The picture is a succession of pointed little moments, nicely written by Shana Larsen and acted with comic assurance and sensitivity. Read full review

New Times (L.A.) M.V. Moorhead

It's sweet, tart, brightly colored, insubstantial, and utterly lacking in nutritional value. It's also fun to consume, and harmless enough as long as it isn't your whole diet. Read full review

Susan Wloszczyna

While the film comes to a mildly clever conclusion, it feels like a bottle of vintage champagne that never gets to pop its cork at midnight. All that fizz potential wasted. [26 Feb 1999]

Sandra Contreras

Ridiculous haircuts and clothes can't compensate for the absence of real characters, which consigns much of the cast to cameo-like performances. Read full review

Peter Travers

Hit-and-mostly-miss. Read full review

John Christian Hoyle

David Chappelle's performance as a cabbie is amusing, but the film should have been packaged with a Surgeon General's Warning - "Cigarettes is bad for you." Read full review

Keith Phipps

More of a throwback to a period in the '70s when big-screen comedies like "FM" and "Thank God It's Friday" seemed to take all their cues from bad sitcoms, putting rice-paper-flat characters into vibrant settings and giving them nothing to do but exchange faux witty dialogue without the much-needed cues of a laugh track. Read full review

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DD.

Feb 19, 2007

This movie has a little bit of everything for everyone. It's a period piece for some of us old enough to have lived it. It's a quirky romp through our early relationships and at the very least, it's pretty funny.

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Paramilitary400

May 17, 2015

200 cigarettes has a popular, distinguished cast and many amusing moments. This comedy has all of the characters interacting on the same night. Some of the comedy is awkward so that is why the movie isn't a comedic masterpiece. However, if you're seeking a movie with talented actors and a200 cigarettes has a popular, distinguished cast and many amusing moments. This comedy has all of the characters interacting on the same night. Some of the comedy is awkward so that is why the movie isn't a comedic masterpiece. However, if you're seeking a movie with talented actors and a totally diverse atmosphere, this is the movie for you.… Expand

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drownsoda

May 8, 2011

Certainly not for everyone, its humour is awkward and does not leave a lasting impression. Rudd, Love and Chapelle dominate the film's key moments, which are limited, and some quotes will come in use for the odd house party. An interesting twist to conclude, and 100 minutes of prolongedCertainly not for everyone, its humour is awkward and does not leave a lasting impression. Rudd, Love and Chapelle dominate the film's key moments, which are limited, and some quotes will come in use for the odd house party. An interesting twist to conclude, and 100 minutes of prolonged conversation, nicotine intake and lack of anything stable wraps up in something that's alright if you've got nothing else lying around.… Expand

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