Four Rooms (1995)
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14% of critics liked it
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Four of the most celebrated directors in the independent film community pooled their talents for this episodic comedy. Ted (Tim Roth) is the new bellboy at a beautiful but decaying luxury hotel; he is not having a good time of it on New Year's Eve, his first night on the job. In one room, a… More Four of the most celebrated directors in the independent film community pooled their talents for this episodic comedy. Ted (Tim Roth) is the new bellboy at a beautiful but decaying luxury hotel; he is not having a good time of it on New Year's Eve, his first night on the job. In one room, a coven of witches are trying to summon the spirit of the goddess Diana; each of the witches must bring a different bodily fluid for their spell to work, but Eva (Ione Skye), who was supposed to bring semen, managed to lose her supplies, and needs Ted's help for a last-minute replacement. Another room, where Ted was supposed to deliver some ice, turns out to house an angry husband (David Proval), who is holding his bound-and-gagged wife (Jennifer Beals) at gunpoint. A third room is taken by a tough-talking gangster (Antonio Banderas), his doormat wife (Tamlyn Tomita), and their two children; the gangster demands that Ted watch over the kids, who turn out to be mischievous terrors beyond Ted's wildest imagination. And room number four is where an arrogant film actor (Quentin Tarantino) is holding a party. One of his guests makes a bet that he can get a Zippo lighter to light ten times in a row, with his finger at stake if he loses. Allison Anders directed the first segment, which also featured Madonna, Valeria Golino, and Lili Taylor. The second segment was directed by Alexandre Rockwell, husband of his frequent leading lady Jennifer Beals. Robert Rodriguez directed the third story, while the finale was directed by its star, Quentin Tarantino; the final segment also features Bruce Willis, who appeared unbilled. ~ Mark Deming, Rovi
- Directed By
- Alexandre Rockwell, Quentin Tarantino
- Written By
- Allison Anders, Alexandre Rockwell, Robert Rodriguez, Quentin Tarantino
- Genres
- Comedy
- In Theaters
- Dec 26, 1996 Wide
- Studio
- Miramax Films
Critic Reviews
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Jonathan Rosenbaum, Chicago Reader
The results are mainly awful, and even Roth got saddled with a mannered part that he can't comfortably play.
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Emanuel Levy, Variety
Four of the hottest indie directors--Anders, Rockwell, Tarantino, and Rodrigues--miss a unique opportunity to display their idiosyncratic talents resulting in a tedious anthology in which 2 segments are inept, one barely decent, and one OK (guess whose)
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, Time Out
They should have called this One Room and released it as a Rodriguez short.
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Janet Maslin, New York Times
The less said about this career-denting fiasco, the better.
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Jack Mathews, Los Angeles Times
Sounds better than it is.
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Cast
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Tim Roth
as Ted the bellhop
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Valeria Golino
as Athena ["The Missing Ingredient"]
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Jennifer Beals
as Angela (segments "The Man from Hollywood...
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Antonio Banderas
as Man (segment "The Misbehavers")
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Quentin Tarantino
as Chester (segment "The Man from Hollywood...
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Bruce Willis
as Leo ["The Man from Hollywood"]
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Paul Calderon
as Norman ["The Man from Hollywood"]
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Sammi Davis
as Jezebel ["The Missing Ingredient"]
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Kathy Griffin
as Betty
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David Proval
as Sigfried ["The Wrong Man"]
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Ione Skye
as Eva ["The Missing Ingredient"]
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Lili Taylor
as Raven ["The Missing Ingredient"]
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Marisa Tomei
as Margaret
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Tamlyn Tomita
as Wife (segment "The Misbehavers")
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Alicia Witt
as Kiva (segment "The Missing Ingredient")
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Lawrence Bender
as Long Hair Yuppy Scum
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Marc Lawrence I
as Sam the Bellhop
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Madonna
as Elspeth ["The Missing Ingredient"]
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Amanda De Cadenet
as Diana
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Paul Skemp
as Real Theodore
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Salma Hayek
as TV dancer (segment "The Misbehavers")
- Lana McKissack
- Danny Verduzco

