Check into Four Rooms - the funny, fast-paced comedy from the creators of Pulp Fiction. It's New Year's Eve at the Mon Signor hotel and a hapless bellboy named Ted (Tim Roth) is in for the wildest night of his life. While delivering room service, Ted meets up with a series of outlandishly eccentric guests - from a pair of pint-.. Read more
| Starring | Tim Roth, Antonio Banderas, Jennifer Beals, Paul Calderon |
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| Director | Allison Anders, Alexandre Rockwell, Robert Rod |
| Genres | Comedy |
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Check into Four Rooms - the funny, fast-paced comedy from the creators of Pulp Fiction. It's New Year's Eve at the Mon Signor hotel and a hapless bellboy named Ted (Tim Roth) is in for the wildest night of his life. While delivering room service, Ted meets up with a series of outlandishly eccentric guests - from a pair of pint-size pranksters bent on destruction to a demented movie star who makes Ted an outrageous offer he can't believe... or refuse! Directed by four of Hollywood's hottest filmmakers - including Quentin Tarantino - and featuring hilarious performances from Antonio Banderas, Marisa Tomei and Madonna, this hysterical romp is five-star fun!
| Starring | Tim Roth, Antonio Banderas, Jennifer Beals, Paul Calderon, Sammi Davis, Valeria Golino, Madonna, David Proval, Ione Skye, Lili Taylor, Marisa Tomei, Tamlyn Tomita |
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| Director | Allison Anders, Alexandre Rockwell, Robert Rod |
| Studio | TOUCHSTONE HOME VIDEO |
| Run time | DVD: 1 hr 33 mins |
| Certificate | |
| Genres | Comedy |
| Language | DVD: English |
| Released | DVD: 01 Aug 2005 Production year: 1995 |
| Format | DVD |
Proof that wonderkid Quentin Tarantino is fallible. He's the driving force behind this horribly botched portmanteau movie and he also directs and stars in The Man from Hollywood segment. Set in the same hotel the four stories are loosely linked by inept bellboy Tim Roth (apparently in Jerry Lewis mode). Allison Anders's story of a witches coven is slight and silly; Alexandre Rockwell fares little better in a farcical yarn of a lover's tiff; while Tarantino's effort barely passes muster as an anecdote. The best of the bunch is Robert Rodriguez's The Misbehavers, a cartoon-like tale of Roth playing babysitter to a gangster's psychopathic children. The cast includes Bruce Willis, Madonna, Amanda De Cadenet and Salma Hayek, but while they obviously had a ball, you won't.
One of those occasions where the film-makers may have enjoyed themselves, but audiences won't. Four feeble anecdotes suffer from sloppy writing and unfocused acting; it should have remained a home movie.
I've just read the first two reviews of this film, and I have to say F*** 'em.
This is a fantastic example of how four different directors (who also write, perform and produce this film) can come together to form a modern classic.
On the most basic level you get a little T&A, violence, and great script. The film is over before you realise it! I found myself rolling around on the floor in laughter on more than one occassion.
On a slightly deeper level you can appreciate how good an actor Tim Roth is. You are asked to believe all this crazy sh** can happen on one night and in one place (which happens to be New Years Eve). I defy anyone to admit they can't relate to either the general situation or the bizzare experiences Ted the bell-hop has to put up with.
As you may have noticed I'm slightly biased... I love the directors and the actors. Basically, if you like the directors other works, you'll enjoy this.
I totally concur with the Radio Times review. I lost the will to live after the second room and couldn't bear to watch any more. Something I've never done before.
Cult movie director Quentin Tarantino is set to start production on his new film within the next few weeks, according to reports. Variety has revealed that his latest flick, titled Grind House, will be two separate 60-minute horror films that will reunite the From Dusk Till Dawn production team, with Tarantino directing one and Robert Rodriguez (Sin City, Spy Kids) shooting the other. Typically convoluted from the outset, the Grind House project reportedly comprises Tarantino's part, a slasher... Read more