Four Rooms

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Summary: Not funny
Review: This weird movie tries hard for a kind of quirky (and obscene) humor, but it merely succeeds in being bizarre. An idiotic bell boy goes to four different rooms during the course of New Year's Eve and gets involved in four different, rather miserable situations (though those who are fond of bare breasts will enjoy the first act, in which a coven of witches seduces the bellboy.) The acting is mannerist and rather poor, and I can't say much else for this movie except that I'm sorry I wasted the time seeing it.

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Summary: A Low Blow from Tarantino
Review: Being a huge fan of Quentin Tarantino I decided to rent Four Rooms the other night. Little did I realize, I would be wasting a good hour and a half of my life. I knew right away it was not going to be half as good as his other work, but my main expectation was to see my favorite actress, Marisa Tomei, in the film. I kinda figured she would be in the movie a bit longer since she was placed on the cover in a blonde wig, but that was just a "low blow from Tarantino". Marisa shows up for a grand three minutes. You can't fully blame Tarantino for this movie, because 3 other directors helped him to make this movie. Basically I was expecting much more, but I realized it was just a series of one-acts and should only be appreciated as that. The acting is good, but its just simply bizarre, and leaves you wanting more (Marisa Tomei)

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Summary: if you wanna laugh and say huh?
Review: im not gonna sit here and try and get you to watch the movie. im only gonna say that if you dont watch it. youre gonna be missing out on one of those weirdo flics that everyone has seen but noone has heard of. and thats always hella cool. chiks dig that, if you like those underground flics, the whole tarentino deal. this is for you. this has it all: the laughs, the crys, th laughing from crying. the eeew gross thing, the nudity...oooh yeah, the no way that just happened mouth open ending. all worth your time and money. i gaurantee. please enjoy. watch this with a smile. dont be all bitter at how its supposed to be great, but "well just see about that.."...

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Summary: I can't stop smiling
Review: Try to watch any part of this film and not smile (then maybe you can eat only one potato chip). This is a film you can really relax with, and not take seriously. It is fascinating, ingenious and extremely funny, in a surrealistic and bizarre sort of way. This is an unusual film, and a lot of fun. No matter how many times I watch it, it's great every time. Cameos from a lot of stars, including Madonna, Antonio Banderas, and Quentin Tarantino! Tim Roth is amazing.

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Summary: Four Rooms w/more than a View
Review: I ran across this on HBO one nite and found it strikingly hilarious and so off the wall. Had to own it for myself. Watch it - you'll agree it's a funny thinker kind of movie!

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Summary: Tied For The Best Comedy Ever!
Review: Caddyshack! And Four Rooms! Even though they are two different comedys they both bring laugh out loud entertainment!
Four Rooms is awsome! Every room was hilarious! My favorite rooms were a tie with 3, and 4! I enjoyed 4 a lot because the actors just had fun, i bet the actors just made it up as they went a long! And now after watching this movie the F word has become my most common word in my vocabulary! A great film, with big actors! BUY IT! And for all you skippies out their that hate this film, why do u bother writing a review we don't care what ur nagative thoughts are!! PEACE!

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Summary: Definitely not for everyone
Review: If you are a hardcore Tarrantino fan, you'll probably like this. If you are a reserved, serious person, you probably won't. Pretty simple huh? Maybe not...

I'll break it down room by room. The first room is sort of just to give us the happy "Ted scored" feeling. Sometimes I'd really rather fast forward through this, as the script is sort of silly in this room. But overall, I've seen a lot worse, and remember, we're not taking this film seriously right?

The second room is the mistaken identity room that really shows off Tim Roth's ability to act. I have read other reviews that say he is horrible in this. I disagree completely. You can see every emotion the character feels pass across his face, which makes it very humorous. Jennifer Beals does a good job in this section, but like a lot of dialogue in Tarrantino films, you get the strict, rigid scripted feeling. In other words, the actors spit out this long line of gibberish that noone would really say in real life. People have to take the time to come up with these types of speeches.

The third room is probably the best, if not a little bit disturbing. I think everyone did a good job in this section, especially Tim Roth when he was aggravated by the children.

The fourth room seems to be plagued by bad acting. In my opinion, only Willis and Roth do a good job. Tarrantino is frightfully bad in his dialogue, and that scripted feeling comes back stronger than ever. Meanwhile, you'd be hard pressed to believe that anyone besides Willis is drunk. I think it was a bad case of overacting on the part of the others. Overall, its still worth watching, and the movie is great if for no other reason than Tim Roth (who is terrific in everything he is in -- See The Muskateer, as his acting is the only thing making the movie worthwhile).

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Summary: If you don't get it, you never will...
Review: This film is a fast-paced romp written and directed by 4 different indie directors. They each have a story to tell that ties into the main story involving Tim Roth as a bell-hop ordered to run a small hotel by himself on New Years Eve. Suffice it to say that Roth gets WAY more than he bargained for, but don't worry, he'll get the last laugh! If you liked "Dusk Till Dawn" "Reservoir Dogs" or "Pulp Fiction", and actually LAUGHED at times during those films, then you are truly sick enough to enjoy your stay in each and every one of these "Four Rooms"...

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Summary: The second worst film ever created.
Review: Trees Lounge was the worst. That film had no redeeming value whatsoever. At the very least, I can say that the last ten seconds of Four Rooms (prior to the end credits) are amusing and memorable. On the whole, though, this is a wretched, loathsome attempt at entertainment and should be avoided if at all possible.

Four Rooms is a series of four short films chronicling one very unenviable night in the life of Ted the Bellhop (played by Tim Roth in one of the worst performances of his career). While each of these short films has a similar background, the director of each mini-feature is different, with Allison Anders (Gas Food Lodging), Alexandre Rockwell (In the Soup), Robert Rodriguez (Desperado, Spy Kids), and Quentin Tarantino (Pulp Fiction) collectively directing the movie.

Originally I saw this in theaters the night after it was released, and I walked out in the middle of the third segment. Later I saw the rest of the film and was not impressed. More noteworthy, though, is how sickened I was by what I originally saw of this film. Lesbian witches exchanging inane and unamusing tripe dialogue, Tim Roth's face covered with someone else's vomit, young children jabbing hypodermic needles into each other, and Quentin Tarantino... and frankly, I'm not amused.

I have met people who found this movie humorous. To each his or her own, and so you may wish to consider renting this if you absolutely must have more independent films in your life. But I cannot recommend this horrid film to anyone under any circumstances.

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Summary: It's an acquired taste
Review: Like many of the people who have written negative reviews for this movie, I wasn't especially excited about this movie after the first couple of segments. However, by the end of the movie I was intrigued enough to watch it one more time. That led to another viewing, and another. Suddenly, I was hooked. Sure, it's not the greatest movie ever made, and there are people who will absolutely hate it. There's really not much to say to those people; the plot is absurd and the characters aren't much better. It really grew on me though, and it's possible that it could grow on others who would give it a chance.