Romance & Cigarettes

  • 2005


MOVIE IS lovable magical musical terrific energetic
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42 %
52 % Rotten
$ 2 Million
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Positive Reviews 21
Negative reviews 12
Average Rating 2.9/5
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3.0
With Walken around, hair up high, of course there are fleeting moments of fascinating weirdness, but even then, youre still moderately embarrassed for .. EW
5.0
John Turturros Romance & Cigarettes is the real thing, a film that breaks out of Hollywood jail with audacious originality, startling sexuality, heart .. Rogerebert
3.0
Turturros attempt to mix working class magical realism and MGM romanticism is wildly uneven. Time Out
4.5
Turturro pulls off a very tricky balancing act, by trusting in the expertise of his performers and by infusing the whole film with energy and affectio .. Time Out
2.5
Which isnt to say that we dont form a relationship with these creatures.
1.5
The movie comes on as a novelty item, meaning its so full of disparate parts and so unable to approach coherence, it just sits there and burns out.
2.0
His actors dont lip sync, but they dont carry the songs, either; rather, the original song is playing, and the actors sing along, only quieter.
5.0
A cheerfully bizarre delight for anyone open to its decidedly off beat charms. E Film Critic
1.5
No musical in the past 10 years (with the exception of Chicago) has had the courage of its convictions, and thats the whole problem. Telegraph
3.8
Theres a sweetness and poignancy to the ending thats sure to get to you. San Francisco Chronicle
3.0
Terrific as a musical, indifferent as a drama, the movies great cast fails to rescue a scattershot approach. See it, though, for Walken on inspired fo ..
3.1
Romance and Cigarettes is lewd and its lurid and looks to be a lost pop opera, but it has more vitality than anything else out there. Philly
3.8
Inexplicably, she thinks hes hot and, since shes not interested in a long term relationship, the age difference doesnt bother her. ReelViews
2.0
It doesnt matter too much, because the musical numbers are stylish and giddy, with enough dancing and general merriment to make you overlook the almos .. Eric Ds Nider
3.5
The writing, directing and acting are delightfully snappy and trashy it feels like a swinging John Waters romp (without the transvestites). Shadows On The Wall
4.0
Energetic, colourful and occasionally just downright weird, this has Future Cult Movie written all over it. View London
2.5
It has cult item stamped all over it, and fans of (severely) experimental cinema might see it as a revelation. New York Post
1.5
It all might have been more effective had there been more variation, but nuance is a foreigner to Turturro, who pitches things at ever more screeching .. Film Journal International ..
3.8
I pray the nightmare of getting it released doesnt scare him from being so fearlessly idiosyncratic again. Boston
3.0
Its messiness, its hammy and yelled performances and its seemingly improvised plotline, all end up becoming part of its lunk headed charm. Movies
1.5
Mostly theyre just treading water, trying to make headway with Turturros unbelievably awkward, quasi poetic dialogue. Bullz-Eye
0.0
It isnt funny, magical, or realistic. In fact, its downright unwatchable. Boxoffice Magazine
0.0
It doesnt help that most of the cast cant sing or dance and that, perversely, those who can are shoved to the sidelines. Cleve Land
4.5
One of the most inventive, surprising and challenging American films of 2005. Pity that its 2007. Antagony & Ecstasy
4.0
When it succeeds, it soars with great abandon, and when it fails, it fails so grandly that we still want to applaud it. This is a madhouse of a movie. Dvd Talk
1.5
This singing along to the radio effect has a dingy charm that honors the blue collar Italian setting, yet Turturro spoils it by turning the movie into .. Chicago Reader
4.4
Though theres much thats wickedly funny here, Romance & Cigarettes is not a happy tale; those cigarettes take their toll, and many of the characters r .. Seattle Times
3.5
John Turturro has crafted a truly unique American musical worthy of the Coen brothers executive producer credits. Metromix.com
3.5
All things ogre Test your Shrek knowledge By Laura Samuel Meyn McClatchy Newspapers He belches, he yells and, according to his friends, he smells, but .. Twin Cities
3.0
It shouldnt work, but theres something beautiful in Turturros non judgmental, almost affectionate, exposure of human love as the courting dance of clu .. Ie Weekly
2.9
The film has an overall tonal inconsistency and suffers from the occasional bout of tin ear itis, which ultimately derails this sometimes interesting .. Djardine Blogspot
1.5
Romance & Cigarettes is less a story than a state of mind, and less a musical than a meditation on how we instinctively set our lives to music, if not .. City Pages
2.0
Gandolfini singing, Sarandon serenading, Walken dancing to Delilah in a Coen Brothers production, what could go wrong Film Fest
4.5
In a season seasoned with off beat originality in the movies, from Lars and the Real Girl to Im Not There, you still have not seen anything quite like ..
1.5
...you have not lived till youve seen Walken belt out a Tom Jones tune.



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