Romance & Cigarettes

John Tuturro is nothing else if not original, and his second film as writer/director is nothing if not a swift kick in the nuts to the sheen of movie musical. It's fresh and original and, when at its best, extremely... Full review

I saw this movie at the Toronto film festival, 2005.....The previous reviewer was absolutely correct - it was a very different type of movie from the usual.A star-studded vehicle wherein the characters burst into song spontaneously at appropriate intervals -... Full review

Good music, well-choreographed dancing, quirky sense of humor, a little dark. A bunch of good actors are giving a solid performance. They appear to have enjoyed themselves. Susan Sarandon is great, Kate Winslet deliciously foul-mouthed. The photography is mostly very... Full review

A film truly worthy of the Coen brothers. If you like their films, you'll love this one. It was not surprising to see that they were the producers. John Turturro's original script and direction make this a very fresh and... Full review

This is funny in a way that American movies usually aren't. Gandolfini is playing a character extremely far away from all Soprano stuff. But he's a hero.He's cheating on his wife in a way which isn't glamorous, just rather cheap... Full review

This film is great! A gritty musical that does not ask its stars to be able to sing, dance or look like the typical classical Hollywood movie star. It's crazy dialogue and humour is hilarious, however it's more serious issues... Full review

"Romance & Cigarettes" is a flawed but endearing film. Its stylised dialogue -- often stitched together from song lyrics, lines from films and, I think, even a snatch of Beckett's Endgame -- its characters bursting into lip-synched song and dance,... Full review

Direction duties on the latest Coen brothers release have been entrusted to an able lieutenant in John Tuturro – the scene-stealing actor from O Brother, Where Art Thou, Miller's Crossing and The Big Lebowski. In his hands, Romance and Cigarettes... Full review

John Turturro has created something very special here. Look at the cast list. The names alone make it a must-see for many cinema lovers, yet the description of musical might also put many off. Well don't worry. This film uses... Full review

I just saw this wonderful film at the Toronto Film Festival and what a delightful experience it was. It's so refreshing to see a film-maker who is willing to take the huge, bold risks that John Turturo has taken in... Full review

It was a strange, ingenious move, which fits, as this is a strange, ingenious movie. Alternately eccentric, sexy, touching, confusing, and downright silly, "Romance & Cigarettes" is definitely Recommended to anyone looking for something a little extra off-center. ... Full Review

The Coen Brothers, who ably directed Turturro in that film, are also the producers behind Romance & Cigarettes , which has more to do with cheating & one smoking hot babe, than with love & tobacco products. Kitty, on the other hand, most often confides in Christopher Walken's equally funny Cousin Bo. ... Full Review

When you add it all up, Romance & Cigarettes is an ambitious failure. Instead, these actors sing a lot of songs, whether theyre naturally gifted with vocal skills or not. ... Full Review

Unfortunately, the sentiments that are expressed by the characters in this darkly comic musical are considerably more bitter and are filled with bile. Romance & Cigarettes" is rated R for strong sexual language (profanity, crude slang terms and other graphic sex talk), simulated sex and other sexual contact, domestic violence (including a stabbing during a musical number), slurs based on ethnicity and brief drug references (as well as hypodermic needle use). ... Full Review

Unfortunately, the sentiments that are expressed by the characters in this darkly comic musical are considerably more bitter and are filled with bile. Romance & Cigarettes" is rated R for strong sexual language (profanity, crude slang terms and other graphic sex talk), simulated sex and other sexual contact, domestic violence (including a stabbing during a musical number), slurs based on ethnicity and brief drug references (as well as hypodermic needle use). ... Full Review

We'll never know if "Romance & Cigarettes," a messed-up but interesting demi-musical from writer-director John Turturro, could've found a reasonably wide audience had the right distributor stepped up and figured out how to sell it. ... Full Article

There is more raw vitality pumping through "Romance & Cigarettes," John Turturro 's passionate ode to the sensual pulse of life in a working-class neighborhood of Queens, than in a dozen perky high school musicals. ... Full Article

"Romance & Cigarettes" is a down-and-dirty musical love story set in the world of the working class.Nick (Gandolfini) is an ironworker who builds and repairs bridges. ... Full Article

Spend only a few minutes talking to anyone affiliated with "Romance & Cigarettes," the star-studded musical written and directed by John Turturro and set on streets of his childhood neighborhood in Queens, and it becomes obvious that they know the... ... Full Article

Three new trailers to peruse: Romance & Cigarettes "I think you're dead sexy," a carrot-topped Kate Winslet, left, says (in the most awesome Scottish accent) to James Gandolfini. ... Full Article

With the proper resources and time, the average person could easily see eight or more movies in a single day; but at a film festival, that same person needs lucky scheduling breaks (what's playing when, and where) and has to... ... Full Article