Alfred Molina, Bill Murray, Cate Blanchett
A series of vignettes that all have coffee and cigarettes in common.
DVD Release Date: September 21, 2004
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Flixster Reviews (2,172)
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August 27, 2009A collection of short conversation between various different characters, generally in cafes and always while, you've guessed it, drinking coffee and smoking cigarettes. Some sketches are super cool, some are very funny, I thought Cate Blanchett's was very clever, but unfortunatel...( read more)
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October 29, 2008Jim Jarmusch filmed friends, actors and other celebrities talking during coffee and cigarette breaks, creating a series of short episodes of people having conversations about all kinds of things while drinking and smoking. While most of the actors are playing themselves they are ...( read more)
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June 12, 2008Some of the episodes are funny as hell, some just dead boring. Steven Wright is the reason why I watched it.
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January 15, 2008Ah, Jim Jarmusch.
Indie indie indie.
My first Jarmusch film was Stranger Than Paradise which was...peculiar to say the least. When you're dealing with pauses in action that last minutes upon minutes upon minutes and entail little more than watching a character watch tv, o...( read more) -
October 3, 2009Coffee and Cigarettes is about various actors and musicians sitting around in shops conversing while drinking and smoking; well, title. While most of the conversations are amusing, some of them go straight to being pointless. Just like on most music cds, some of the dialog...( read more)
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September 28, 2009Some good sketches mixed with some mediocre and bad ones, overall quite a uneven mix.
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September 16, 2009Very interesting segments. They're not all perfect though. Mainly when it comes to performances. Somehow it's "cosy".
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September 2, 2009Only one story is really funny, the one with Steve Coogan and Alfred Molina. Very awkward. Got to see that one!
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August 24, 2009Could be good. I'm not sure. I'd have to read more about it before I went out of my way to watch it.
Critic Reviews
May 28, 2004
Roger Ebert, Chicago Sun-Times
May 27, 2004
Colin Covert, The Minneapolis Star Tribune
Although it flat-lines repeatedly in episodes that feel like improvised acting exercises, the film is more than intermittently amusing and occasionally hilarious. full review
May 15, 2004
Marcy Dermansky, About.com
From one scene to the next, you never know what to expect, and that's thrilling. full review
May 14, 2004
Claudia Puig, USA Today
Feel so haphazardly conceived and slapped together that one wonders for whom this compilation was made. full review
May 14, 2004
David Edelstein, Slate
Despite glimmers of wit and a hipper-than-thou cast, it's painstakingly smug, and smaller than the sum of its parts. full review
May 13, 2004
A.O. Scott, The New York Times
Jim Jarmusch's anthology of minor-key vignettes is a celebration of caffeine, nicotine and the indolent pleasure of sitting around and consuming them. full review
April 30, 2004
Peter Travers, Rolling Stone
Sure, it's just two or three people bonding over the twin addictions of the title. But Jarmusch makes it a feast that plays like a haunting concept album. full review
April 9, 2004
Nick Schager, Filmcritic.com
apt to provide a slight, delectable buzz but little nutritional value full review
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February 2, 2007the cast on this film is lacking. who is running the show around here? wtf.
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