Coffee and Cigarettes

Name: Coffee and Cigarettes
Genre: Drama, Comedy, Music
Released: May 14, 2004
Duration: 95 min
Rating: 65
Cast: Cate Blanchett, Roberto Benigni, Tom Waits

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United Artists | Release Date: May 14, 2004 | R

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)

Director: Jim Jarmusch

Genre(s): Drama, Comedy, Music

Rating: R

Runtime: 95 min

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Karen Karbo

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. Read full review

Michael O'Sullivan

Jarmusch's use of yin/yang, dark/light and good/evil symbolism makes glorious if goofy sense. Read full review

Keith Phipps

As the film goes along, themes and even lines of dialogue resurface, and Jarmusch's comic sensibilities grow more assured. Read full review

Peter Rainer

What unites everything is Jarmusch’s playful, hang-dog absurdism. Read full review

Sean Axmaker

Many will be left scratching their heads at the point of the entire enterprise, but fans of Jarmusch's askew view will clink coffee mugs and toast to the glories of human eccentricity. Read full review

Michael Atkinson

C&C hardly coalesces, but then again, it doesn't try to--never more or less than what it appears to be, the film is a slow honky-tonk thud-beat, only intermittently punctuated by a joke or idea. Read full review

Mick LaSalle

Flat and uninspired. Read full review

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Mr.Holland

May 21, 2006

Some people are crazy. it's a beautiful film.

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ahmedaiman1999

May 7, 2021

It's true that a compilation of 11 vignettes that centre around somewhat esoteric, yet also trifling, exchanges of conversation between two or three people, with the majority of them being celebrities playing themselves, while vibing and sipping coffee and smoking cigarettes does sound superIt's true that a compilation of 11 vignettes that centre around somewhat esoteric, yet also trifling, exchanges of conversation between two or three people, with the majority of them being celebrities playing themselves, while vibing and sipping coffee and smoking cigarettes does sound super boring and even pointless. But with his signature subtly absurd humour and monochrome aesthetic that lend the film a meditative quality and a melancholic warmth, Jarmusch managed to explore some universal human themes, such as envy and addiction, in surprising depth and with unexpected layers of complexity.… Expand

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PeterH

Apr 25, 2009

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.

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Nightingale

Aug 20, 2010

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JamesW.

Sep 9, 2005

Boring.

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kjynnj.

Dec 29, 2005

Judging by this film, I expect Jarmusch's next masterpiece will be called Snot, and will feature his buddies, vying to outdo each other in hipness as they sneeze and deal with their nasal secretions. I can't wait.

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