Romance & Cigarettes

Reminiscent of The Civilization of Maxwell Bright, in that both films were advertised as being much sexier when they're actually fairly dark and depressing, and have a strong message about human relations. The performances are excellent here, very good direction. Outstanding production design. The thing is that it's pervasively unsexy--to the point of being icky even, and there isn't anyone very likeable in the film either. Which makes you wonder what the point is, unless it's to trick folks.

Uneven musical that is sometimes great, sometimes heartfelt, and sometimes forced. John Turturro *can* direct, however, even if he sometimes mimics the style of the Coen brothers.

A suburban R-rated drama (musical?) and somehow it worked! Written and directed by John Turturro. Not for everyone I warn you. It's out there.

ger; [romance & cigarettes]; ein bauarbeiter muss sich zwischen seiner frau und einer heissen flamme entscheiden.; (halbherziger musical style; nicht wirklich fesselnd);

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"Two, two things a man should know how to do... Be romantic and smoke his brains out."

Dennis Potter style wringing the darkness from pop songs but let down by too-broad humour. The cinematography changes from 'kitchen sink' to 'grandiose' were done really well and Winslet especially really went for it but it wasn't for me.

A musical perhaps, but one that completely confused me and had practically no real rhyme or reason.

Interesting. The gimmick of singing over the actual track got worse after 'A Man Without Love' though. But it was a decent effort, something different - not really a musical, more of a Romance film with songs sprinkled in. Eddie Izzard was wasted in his role.

An original script and a great cast; too bad it resulted in more oh-really than oh-yeah moments. *Preview*: #12#, Mandy.M/7, cast, oldies(2), R3 }*{ #08#, story, cast.

get off the tram and into this little decoupe here. very spot-on!

Walken is cool but overall it's a bit boring. And the lipsynching just seems lazy.

I'm all for quirky, offbeat films, but this did absolutely nothing for me. Unlikeable characters, a tedious plot and terrible music. I'm not even sure you could call this a musical - it's just actors tunelessly mouthing the words to a well-known track that's playing in the background. It's bad karaoke, basically. Some of the incidental characters (Buscemi and Walken) are pretty funny, but that's about it.

meh...Walken performing Delliah is the only memorable bit...

Turturro aims for postmodern irony and misses.

A big slobbering horndog of a jukebox musical. Its characters live a peripheral existence, where NYC drops off into marshland and various miscreants have pooled, and lusty visions dance. The plot is thin, yet somehow made more effective by all the wildly incongruous language and cameos and musical numbers. You get a feeling for the characters circuitously, through a very opaque brand of comedy. Then it turns out they've been sneaking up on you the whole time; they're here to break your heart.

First it pissed me off then, in hindsight, I warmed to its charms. Probably because the overall idea is worthwhile but the execution in places is forced, irritating, or both. But it presents material that is thankfully different than most theater-fodder today.

Moving about adultery.

A really nice romantic comedy, the musical part is just way to express the emotions. Kate Winslet really does a deliver another good performance.

An awesome cast, lots of Kate Winslet's cleavage and yet... such a mediocre film.

What a ridiculous excuse for a movie and a tremdous waste of talent. I would think that the cast is embarraassed by their participation in this so called movie.

Different, well acted, but a few hairs shy of satisfying. About 1/3 of this film just doesn't work.

Wasn't that good! Kate Winslet was the best by far!

The songs in a musical should enhance the plot and meaning, not be its only source of the two. Without the convention of singing, this was a weird, pointless film with a predictable, boring plot, though Winslet, as always, gives an excellent performance.