Smoking Causes Coughing

Unpredictable, digressive, looping and parenthetical in structure, Smoking Causes Coughing is one of the most formally daring and unexpected films of the year.

Tongues are firmly in cheeks throughout, and Adèle Exarchopoulos steals the movie as a cheery smartphone addict who keeps vlogging into the digital abyss, even as she’s being pursued by a murderer.

This brilliant oddity is truly a film like no other.

Dupieux always opts for the funniest or most absurd option over any kind of narrative sense; if you surrender to his silliness, you’re in for a très drôle time.

If Smoking Causes Coughing is easy on the eye, it’s even easier on the brain, blithely tripping along Monty Python-like from incident to incident...

The portmanteau structure suits Dupieux’s demented sensibility, providing a wildly varied yet consistently entertaining dose of bafflement and bemusement.

Although not among the director's most accomplished works, [Smoking Causes Coughing] has his stamp, his imprint, his bursts of physical humor and visual delirium. Attributes that are enough to make it a mostly enjoyable comedy. [Full review in Spanish]

Dupieux’s hilarious and horrifying new film Smoking Causes Coughing is an ironic breath of fresh air.

With his eccentric sensibilities and wry humor, Dupieux has created a totally odd film featuring an unexpected and wildly inventive blend of satirical comedy, science fiction, and horror, and it’s my favorite thing he’s done so far.

Quentin Dupieux pulls off another smart-stupid satire