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A comic series of short vignettes built on one another to create a cumulative effect, as characters discuss things as diverse as caffeine popsicles, Paris in the '20s, and the use of nicotine as an insecticide - all the while sitting around sipping coffee and smoking cigarettes. As director Jim Jarmusch delves into the normal .. Read more

Starring	Roberto Benigni, Steve Buscemi, Tom Waits, Iggy Pop
Director	Jim Jarmusch
Genres	Comedy

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- As always, director Jim Jarmusch gives us a film that really makes you think... read more »
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  ???????
  
  What a load of rubish! The photography is good, the dialogue is crap. I just coulnd't watch it.
  
  Boring, pretentious, empty.
  
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  - 06 Apr 2006 at 10:13
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  - 0
  A Peer Into People's Mind
  
  A great film. It is like a condition is set up to peer into peoples minds. A table, cigarettes and coffee are all that are required.
  
  No subject ... read more »
  
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- - gemjem
  - 1 review
  - 29 Apr 2012 at 20:11
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  - 1
  Another cup of the good stuff
  
  This is an absolute gem of a movie. It's basically a series of short scenarios involving famous faces, all revolving around drinking coffee and smoking ... read more »
  
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- - Sideplates
  - 50 reviews
  - Dursley
  - 08 Jan 2012 at 13:03
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  So, Iggy Pop walks into a diner...
  
  I don't get Jim Jarmusch. He strikes me as the kind of director who would excel in the days before film had sound. More style over substance to use a cliche... read more »
  
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- - Heksie
  - 5 reviews
  - London
  - 23 Nov 2011 at 15:42
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  - 1
  Coffee and Cigarettes
  
  So far, I haven’t not enjoyed a film by Jim Jarmusch, and this was no exception. Not the most exciting film; it wasn’t made to be that way, but it is ... read more »
  
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- - RebekahP
  - 6 reviews
  - Runcorn
  - 26 Sep 2011 at 10:34
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  Good Honest People Watching
  
  The stunning cast is humanised in this calm and considered piece of filmography. This an almost faultless film, its simple premise delivers everything it ... read more »
  
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- - thinkingman
  - 1 review
  - 23 Jul 2011 at 23:31
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  I have just wasted another 90 minutes of my life....
  
  I have just wasted another 90 minutes of my life....
  
  Don't do it, life is short.
  
  Go and have a coffee instead, much more entertaining... read more »
  
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- - Misstiti
  - 15 reviews
  - 08 Jul 2011 at 23:36
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  Best enjoyed with coffee ...
  
  This is a nice little movie if you have an idea of the type of flm you are in for - it's perfect for a relaxing wind down evening, when you just want to be ... read more »
  
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- - rizcenzo
  - 1 review
  - 13 Jun 2011 at 23:28
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  Cup 'o coco and bed for me.
  
  I understood the overall compostion of this work yet it failed to stand out as exemplary film-making. Jarmusch has used a simple Cafe setting mise en scene to ... read more »
  
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  - MIdlands
  - 29 Oct 2010 at 22:42
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  enjoy it for what it is
  
  i love this film, but you need to enjoy it for what it is. it has lovely photographic scenes, but its really about watching people. its not exciting, its ... read more »
  
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- - kubani1
  - 3 reviews
  - Aberdeen
  - 01 Apr 2010 at 09:25
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  - 1
  dull-skip to 0.57 for Molina/Coogan clip
  
  I became bored with this film after 3 minutes in the company of the first pairing - Benigni & Wright (Steven Wright is a great comic, not apparent here).read more »
  
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  - 110 reviews
  - New Malden
  - 12 Mar 2010 at 14:22
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- - 42
  - 20
  ???????
  
  What a load of rubish! The photography is good, the dialogue is crap. I just coulnd't watch it.
  
  Boring, pretentious, empty.
  
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- 229298
- [Highly rated reviewer]
  - a customer
  - uk
  - 06 Apr 2006 at 10:13
- - 16
  - 7
  My 'honest' review
  
  What's good...
  
  Due to the nature of this film it’s hard to get bored and if you do you know that you’ll soon be on to next short film ... read more »
  
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- - Beki
  - London
  - 24 Feb 2005 at 16:33
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  Not enough from a Master
  
  An indulgent vanity project;short scenes that are just not funny,interesting or illuminating enough.The wonderful Ghost Dog(2001) & excellent Broken Flowers... read more »
  
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- - QPR Olly
  - Shepherds Bush,England
  - 30 Mar 2007 at 11:05
- - 14
  - 10
  Quirky and beautifully filmed, but some scenes are redundant
  
  This is a series of a dozen 'shorts' and, as is often the case with a collection of shorts with a common theme, some are very good whilst some are ... read more »
  
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- - TristanWhite
  - 307 reviews
  - London, UK
  - 15 Mar 2005 at 16:58
- - 8
  - 1
  Good, but not great..
  
  Don't get me wrong, I loved 'Mystery Train' and 'Stranger and Paradise'.. I even thought 'Night on Earth' wasn't too bad.. but ... read more »
  
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- - Mike Conyard
  - Gosport, Hampshire
  - 09 Jun 2005 at 16:02
- - 9
  - 5
  Curiously interesting and very funny!
  
  When I first heard of this film, I didn't know what to expect. The idea of various people sitting down drinking coffee and smoking may not sound very ... read more »
  
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- - Lee Hughes
  - Liverpool, England
  - 28 Jan 2005 at 12:21
- - 9
  - 6
  Jarmush Style
  
  As a fan of Jarmush, I have adored deadman and ghost dogs. So I did love this film too: I found it very entertaining, refreshing, funny, strange.
  
  The... read more »
  
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- - a customer
  - Manchester, England
  - 31 Jan 2005 at 15:44
- - 7
  - 2
  Sheer, utter disappointment.
  
  I saw the trailer for this on Super Size Me (which is well worth seeing), and it seemed entertaining in both comedic value and in the way it was directed and ... read more »
  
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- - Andrew Brookes
  - Midlands, England
  - 15 Mar 2006 at 11:52
- - 6
  - 1
  Pointless
  
  The first few scenes in this are so dull & pointless we couldn't be bothered to watch the rest
  
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- - a customer
  - UK
  - 21 Apr 2005 at 12:16
- - 6
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  Self-indulgent-actor-tastic
  
  this film is lame. a series of famous people indulge everyone and themselves with light-hearted/alternative banter that they'd describe as 'intimate'... read more »
  
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- - a customer
  - Camden - London
  - 10 Apr 2006 at 19:09

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Critics' reviews
- As always, director Jim Jarmusch gives us a film that really makes you think... read more »
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- Over the last 20 years Jim Jarmusch has been filming, at irregular intervals, short, comic conversation-pieces, set... read more on Time Out
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  - 04 Nov 2008 at 00:18
- As stimulating and addictive as its title
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  - 11 Mar 2005 at 13:00
- Funny and very perceptive...Brilliant
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  A comic series of short vignettes built on one another to create a cumulative effect, as characters discuss things as diverse as caffeine popsicles, Paris in the '20s, and the use of nicotine as an insecticide - all the while sitting around sipping coffee and smoking cigarettes. As director Jim ...