Night on Earth

I have to say, that's the funniest 15-20 minutes I've ever seen on film. The rest is good, but the Rome taxi ride is a gem for all history.... Full review

I like this movie. It is all good. I also agree completely. I think #3 is the best of the 5. I don't like #4 that much because priests don't forgive sins, God does. Catholic's have a false religion.... Full review

For me this film is the best of Jarmusch and one of my favorites films ever. The reason is simple: Is original, yes this film is one of the most originals films in a lot of years, the five stories,... Full review

For me this film is the best of Jarmusch and one of my favorites films ever. The reason is simple: Is original, yes this film is one of the most originals films in a lot of years, the five stories, the... Full review

Jim Jarmusch does for movies as Tom Waits does for music, no wonder he uses his music in his films. I've seen this movie over and over, its truly wonderful. We glimpse A side of the world that is the... Full review

No one I ever mention this film to has heard of it, let alone seen it! I actually tried to see Thelma and Louise at the cinema when Night on Earth came out, but as it was sold out, I... Full review

Jim Jarmusch, a director who never neglects to find the time for the little moments, glances, exchanges in dialog, that bring out the better (or lesser) in people, puts his skills to full force in Night on Earth. Another in... Full review

I thought the acting, comedy and timing of the Italian taxi driver was the funniest. In that portion of the film I couldn't stop laughing.... Full review

In terms of perspective on life, these comic-philosophic taxi rides may be the most uplifting scenes in Jarmusch's oeuvre. The first of five segments (in L.A.) deals with Winona Ryder (in a broad, self-conscious performance) as a cab driver who... Full review

Now, I usually don't like films like this, but this one is worth seeing even if you're not into independent pictures. One nitpick in the direction, though: in the segments that were supposed to take place in Europe, the steering wheel... Full review

And Night on Earth works so well just for that reason. The original tagline for Night on Earth is about as succinct and accurate as any description I can come up with. ... Full Review

It paints a fascinating picture of the two-sides of Los Angeles that co-exist;....The divisive Italian actor Roberto Benigni is in his element performing, with abreathtaking gusto, bravura, and semi-improvised, comic monologue.....the humdrum and the sparkle, with the film's allegiance weighed heavily on the side of the former.....The characters are both imaginatively and believably drawn, brought to life by the stellar cast.....Giancarlo Esposito, as the delightfully monikered YoYo, turns in a warm, infect ... Full Review

Night on Earth consists of a pleasingly varied collection of tales yet each is infused with the director's own brand of subtle affection, offbeat musings and wit. Giancarlo Esposito, as the delightfully monikered YoYo, turns in a warm, infectiously energetic performance. ... Full Review

Send to a friend "Night on Earth" (1991) may be Jim Jarmusch on cruise control, but even Jarmusch-lite is better than ninety-five percent of everything else in the world. Its a cute story, but then 19-year old Ryder works a little too hard to turn Corky into a chain-smoking, grubby-sweet girl who just wants to be one of the boys. ... Full Review

Now, in the lyrically funny and stunningly visualized Night on Earth , Jarmusch takes us on five taxi rides in five cities --....It's possible to criticize Night on Earth on a story-by-story basis as fast or dull or sad.....In this compassionate comedy of missed connections, he makes us see the ordinary in fresh and pertinent ways.....he knows his films can't bring order to the ravishing chaos around him....In a box-office world of hot sex ( Basic Instinct ), hot laughs ( Wayne's World ) and hot shots ( Whi ... Full Review

NICK CAVE believes it is "crucial to the cultural fabric of the city". Rose Byrne thinks it would be "unacceptable to see it go". Paul Mac says it is "the finger in the dyke of the flood that is globalisation"... ... Full Article

Jim Jarmusch 's deadpan comedy-of-the-night is a collection of five vignettes taking place in the enclosed space of a cab ride, each occurring simultaneously in five different cities and five different time zones -- Los Angeles, New York City, Paris,... ... Full Article

Winona Ryder turns in a great performance as one of the cabbies in 'Night on Earth.' French actress Béatrice Dalle is part of the international cast of the 1991 comedy 'Night on Earth,' a story of five cab rides in... ... Full Article

"Night on Earth" sounds better than it turns out to be.Starting at dusk in Los Angeles, Jim Jarmusch's eastward-ho comedy follows the overnight travails of cabbies -- and their passengers -- in New York, Paris, Rome and Helsinki. ... Full Article

Jim Jarmusch's "Night on Earth" is a collection of five sketches set simultaneously in five different cities -- New York, Los Angeles, Paris, Rome and Helsinki -- during the same evening. ... Full Article

Speeding across space and time zones, Jim Jarmusch's Night on Earth touches down for five t?te-?-taxis in L.A., New York, Paris, Rome, and Helsinki. The locales were chosen partly because of the elegant symmetry inherent in beginning in L.A. at... ... Full Article