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Coffee and Cigarettes

Play trailer Poster for Coffee and Cigarettes R,  2004,  1h 36m,  Comedy/ Drama Play Trailer Watchlist
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63% Tomatometer 122 Reviews 75% Popcornmeter 25,000+ Ratings
This 11-vignette film focuses on the human interactions that happen while partaking in the everyday indulgence of coffee and cigarettes. Featuring well-known actors and other artists as themselves or some version thereof, the film highlights the nuances and subtle hostilities that can be a part of seemingly normal conversations. Bill Murray waits on the Wu-Tang Clan, Iggy Pop and Tom Waits get on each other's nerves and Jack and Meg White of the White Stripes discuss Nikola Tesla.
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Critics Consensus

Episodes vary in quality, but overall this talky film is quirkily engaging.

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Peter Rainer New York Magazine/Vulture Aug 7, 2004
What unites everything is Jarmusch's playful, hang-dog absurdism. Go to Full Review
Marjorie Baumgarten Austin Chronicle Jul 25, 2004
2.5/5
By Jarmusch's own previously set standards in such films as Stranger Than Paradise, Ghost Dog, and Dead Man, Coffee and Cigarettes serves up a weak brew. Go to Full Review
Stanley Kauffmann The New Republic Jun 13, 2004
The film is a series of scenes, skits, episodes, that show two or sometimes three people smoking and sipping and conversing, usually in grungy places and usually improvising -- at least that's the intended impression. Go to Full Review
Sean Axmaker Stream on Demand Sep 9, 2023
... an anthology of curiosities, some more curious than others, wound around a diverse cast paired off for random ramblings over caffeine and nicotine. Go to Full Review
Richard Propes TheIndependentCritic.com Sep 5, 2020
3.0/4.0
Jarmusch is definitely an acquired taste, but his true fans will find this collection a joy and fans of film who long for the simplicity of true filmmaking. Go to Full Review
Mark Steyn The Spectator Jan 25, 2018
I have the horrible feeling that in cold print that sounds a lot livelier than it is. In practice, it plays like an overlong round of Whose Line Is It Anyway? where all the participants are stoned. Go to Full Review
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Hermione R May 6, 2018 Fun series of (mostly) unconnected vignettes. Funny, understated fluff.
Kylo S May 4, 2017 Not particularly amusing. Not particularly poignant. Still, it's possible to extract meaning, especially if a specific vignette happens to resonate in some, mild, unobtrusive way. Is that really what constitutes entertainment to you? If so, Enjoy. For the rest... stop procrastinating and do your laundry. See more
Harry W May 25, 2015 F 7.8 [Jim Jarmusch]
Hermione S Dec 18, 2009 Couldn't finish it. I don't get absurdism.
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Roberto Benigni

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Steven Wright

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Joie Lee

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Cinqué Lee

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Steve Buscemi

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Coffee and Cigarettes

A scene from "Coffee and Cigarettes," a film from director Jim Jarmusch. CINQUÉ LEE, STEVE BUSCEMI, and JOIE LEE star in United Artists' comedy COFFEE AND CIGARETTES. STEVEN WRIGHT and ROBERTO BENIGNI star in United Artists' comedy COFFEE AND CIGARETTES. ALFRED MOLINA, JIM JARMUSCH, and STEVE COOGAN star in United Artists' comedy COFFEE AND CIGARETTES. A scene from "Coffee and Cigarettes," a film from director Jim Jarmusch. MEG WHITE and JACK WHITE star in United Artists' comedy COFFEE AND CIGARETTES. CATE BLANCHETT stars in United Artists' comedy COFFEE AND CIGARETTES. ALFRED MOLINA and STEVE COOGAN star in United Artists' comedy COFFEE AND CIGARETTES. Coffee and Cigarettes (2003) View more photos

Movie Info

Synopsis This 11-vignette film focuses on the human interactions that happen while partaking in the everyday indulgence of coffee and cigarettes. Featuring well-known actors and other artists as themselves or some version thereof, the film highlights the nuances and subtle hostilities that can be a part of seemingly normal conversations. Bill Murray waits on the Wu-Tang Clan, Iggy Pop and Tom Waits get on each other's nerves and Jack and Meg White of the White Stripes discuss Nikola Tesla.
Director
Jim Jarmusch
Producer
Joana Vicente, Jason Kliot
Screenwriter
Jim Jarmusch
Distributor
Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer
Production Co
Asmik Ace Entertainment
Rating
R (Language)
Genre
Comedy, Drama
Original Language
English
Release Date (Theaters)
May 14, 2004, Wide
Release Date (Streaming)
Feb 14, 2017
Box Office (Gross USA)
$2.0M
Runtime
1h 36m
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