200 Cigarettes (DVD)

Description: Genre: Comedy / Theatrical Release: 1999 / Director: Risa Bramon Garcia / Actors: Ben Affleck, Casey Affleck ... / DVD ... more

200 Cigarettes (DVD) ... released 09 April, 2002 at Paramount / Features of the DVD: Anamorphic, Closed-captioned, Colour, Dolby, DVD-Video, Widescreen, NTSC / In downtown Manhattan, on New Year's Eve 1981, there's a party going on--somewhere. The only problem is that amid the unfeasibly pretentious art galleries, smoky bars and bad Chinese restaurants of the East Village, nobody's quite sure where it is, how to get there or who to take along as their date. Which is a shame, because from the random gaggle of twentysomething archetypes--including broken-hearted Kevin (Paul Rudd), his loud-mouthed platonic buddy Lucy (Courtney Love), squawking Jersey girl Val (Christina Ricci), and a multitude of others-there's surely enough material for one or two sustainable couplings. As you might have guessed, 200 Cigarettes doesn't boast the most tautly woven plot (or even much of a loosely woven one). What it does have, however, is a wry charm and an engaging sense of deadpan authenticity (using enough period detail, incidentally, to put the likes of The Wedding Singer to shame). These kids not only dig Blondie and Elvis Costello, they've got the fluorescent mittens and monkey boots to prove it. But it's not just by-the-numbers early-80s nostalgia which holds the film together in the face of its vaguely shambolic structure: if the transparently not platonic shenanigans of Love and Rudd wear thin, then Kate Hudson's neurotic party girl and Ben Affleck's secretly oafish bartender ("How do you like your eggs done in the morning? Scrambled or fertilised?") are more than adequate compensation. And, amid a slew of great ensemble performances, the two minutes of cross-wired interplay between the magisterially sour Janeane Garafolo and professionally laid-back cab driver Dave Chapelle is pretty much worth your time in and of itself. --Danny Leigh

Newest Review: ... movie was average. I did nothing for me. Everything was average. The actors were average. The acting was average. The story ... more

... line was average. The jokes were average. The setting was average. The opening was average. The middle was average. The ending was average. I even bet that the sandwiches on the set that the cast and crew had for lunch were also average. I suppose that this movie will be watched by average people in their average cinemas. So see this movie if you want but be warned its nothing more than average. ...more

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	200 Cigarettes Release Date: 1999 - 05 - 17, Audio CD, Imports Last Update 30.12.2009 05:48	£ 9.95
	200 Cigarettes Last Update 30.12.2009 05:48	£ 21.99
	200 Cigarettes In downtown Manhattan, on New Year's Eve 1981, there's a party go ... Last Update 30.12.2009 05:48	£ 9.87
	200 Cigarettes Pages: 208, Paperback, Pocket Books Last Update 30.12.2009 05:48	£ 12.45

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200 Cigarettes (DVD): A hell of a party (272 words)
by - written on 16/07/00 (Very useful, 33 readings)
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This is one of these tricky concept movies where several separate stories are united by a single event. On New Year’s eve, 1981, a bunch of New York characters stumble through shabby bars, get lost in the ‘ghetto’, try to make it out in public toilets, accidentally destroy restaurants, fall over dog shit and of course smoke countless cigarettes, all on the way to a party, whose hostess meanwhile is getting a nervous breakdown because none of the guests have arrived. All of this of course could have ended as a pretensions pile of crap, but surprisingly enough it works, mostly thanks to the cast ensemble of that is usually labelled the ‘Hollywood ... Read the complete review

Why was this film not a hit? (Updated) (851 words)
by - written on 19/07/00 (Very useful, 49 readings)
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Update: Reading my original review of this film (which also happened to be my first dooyoo review) I felt highly embarrassed, as it was incredibly poor and did zero justice to the film in question. So here is the all-new version of my review of "200 Cigarettes". Enjoy! I have no idea how this film managed to slip by almost unheard of. With its great cast alone this film is brilliant, even if you were not alive at the time of the film's setting (1981). I hadn’t even heard of this film before until I saw it on a pay-per-view TV channel, but I'm glad I checked it out now. The film is basically set around new years eve 1981 in New ... Read the complete review

200 Cigarettes (DVD): Straight From the Brain-In-Neutral Department (299 words)
by - written on 15/08/00 (Useful, 34 readings)
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New Years Eve, 1981. A group of everyday people in New York City are looking for love and/or lust to ring in the new year of 1982. This is the foundation for "200 Cigarettes". Directed by Risa Bramon Garcia from a script by Shana Larsen (who seems to have watched one too many "Friends" episodes), at best "200 Cigarettes" never rises above being a non-threatening diversion for 101 minutes. At worst, "200 Cigarettes" sports a group of flat characters and pulls all the usual movie tricks to make us feel like we have been transported back to 1981, such as a non-stop soundtrack of the usual period music and bright, ... Read the complete review

200 cigarettes- is all they do! (152 words)
by - written on 25/07/00 (Somewhat useful, 26 readings)
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What a yucked up storyline. This film is one of those that have loads of different stories for different people. Then at the end they all meet up and end up sleeping with each other. It's meant to be set in 1981 new years eve. It follows lots of different people around in their search of a good party, a good time and a good shag. This all falls apart and then have fights and fall out with each other rather than having a good time. At the end, surprise surprise, they all find happiness (ha penis) and get laid! The storyline is poor, but the cast isn't too bad with the likes of Ben Affleck in it! Yum Yum! O yeah, try not to get annoyed ... Read the complete review

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200 Cigarettes (DVD) : 200 cigarettes- is all they do!
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