Caffeine

Caffeine" is a quirky character comedy where quirky doesn't equal comedy.....Final Thoughts "Caffeine" tries to match the quirky charms of the movies that obviously inspired it....does a collection of bland deleted scenes (5:50) A set of previews, including the "Caffeine" trailer, rounds out the set.....it fits with the movie's overall look.....Here is a screenplay lacking confidence in its core characters and their ability to deliver the comedy.... ... Full Review

Dishwater coffee, that is, served in an attractive vessel, for "Caffeine's" handsome cast includes Mena Suvari ("American Pie"), Katherine Heigl ("Grey's Anatomy") and British starlet Marsha Thomason ("The Haunted Mansion").....But a few London street scenes would hardly compensate for "Caffeine's" comic misfires..... ... Full Review

As it is, "Caffeine" offers little more than material for the reels of its consistently pro thesps (a mostly savvy mixture of Brits and Yanks), with good scenes played well by the likable Thomason, Heigl, Suvari, Meyer and Blue. Others, such as the gifted Seale, are saddled with ridiculous business that belongs on the latenight Beeb, if that. ... Full Review

Right from the early moment where Mena Suvari releases her improbably poor idea of how an English person speaks its clear were in really, really, deviously bad movie territory. So when a film such as Caffeine arrives, a film set in London but with a mostly American cast, an odd, uneasy feeling starts to spread... ... Full Review

Caffeine works hard to pump up its overlapping story strands with lots of eccentric behavior, silly peccadilloes, and forced revelations, but they just undercut what little real emotion the film's jumble of urban singles actually has. Set over the course of a few hours in a London caf (though it was filmed outside Los Angeles), the film is a largely unfunny, predictable, and tired crisscross of any number of lowbrow sitcom plots. ... Full Review

By Kirk Honeycutt Mar 16, 2007 Steaming Hot Coffee The claustrophobic and poorly executed "Caffeine" is either a play in search of a movie or a movie in search of a play but, either way, it's searching for the wrong... ... Full Article

As if working at a café weren't boring enough, Caffeine goes out of its way to bring that same dreary experience home to you. A simply uninteresting romp, this low-budget film pits a handful of American actors using hokey British... ... Full Article

We are giving away a signed Caffeine poster signed by Katherine Heigl , Breckin Meyer, and Mena Suvari , a cool t-shirt and mug. There's always something strange brewing at the Black Cat Caf?. ... Full Article

Something's always brewing at the Black Cat Café, or so they say. The advertisers behind the new independent film Caffeine want us to believe there's plenty of activity at the quirky London café. ... Full Article