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Summary: Are you not entertained?
Review: I think because this movie is so star-studded, people expected it to be deeply meaningful. It definitely isn't. Still, it's extremely entertaining. Courtney Love and Paul Rudd are great as two friends who are resisting becoming more. Casey Affleck is endearing as a punk who's secretly a total romantic. Janeane Garofalo is hilarious in her small role. My only complaints: Christina Ricci and Gaby Hoffmann should have left the annoying fake Long Island accents alone, and the clothes are truly hideous. Of course, the latter problem isn't the fault of the movie, but of the 1980s themselves. If you're looking for pure entertainment brought to you by talented actors, look no further than 200 Cigarettes.
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Summary: 200 Cigarettes Goes Up In Smoke
Review: This film has a great cast, but nothing else going for it besides. I was disappointed with the pointlessness and limp dialogue. I wasted eight dollars to go see a bunch of people do nothing but whine on New Year's Eve, get drunk and then get laid, waking up the next morning to discover just who they slept with while recovering from minor hangovers. I could go to a frat party and see the same thing for free. There wasn't even an hour of the reel gone, and I was terribly bored with the constant back and forth of party to party, listless characters and dragging scenes. I kept looking at their shots and martinis and frozen drinks, wishing I could have one so maybe I'd enjoy more of what I was watching. No luck, and I left the theater feeling very cheated. I advise that whoever reads this review remembers the part I said about feeling cheated, and really researches this movie before they buy it. You'll be wasting more than eight bucks!
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Summary: Fun ensemble flick
Review: This arty quirky film about a New Years Eve gone wrong in the mid- 80s is one of my favorites. Was the first time I saw Kate Hudson and she is so sweet and funny in this one.
Martha Plimpton is a riot as the overwrought hostess with a failed party on her hands.
Ben Affleck is actually semi-funny for once- he is trying desperately to get into someone's pants- watch and see who he starts the new year with.
Courtney Love and Paul Rudd are friends- she wants to be more but she scares him.... Indy gal J. Garafolo is her dark and dismal chain smoking wisecracking self and fun again.
Dave Chappel is the cabby who tells the tale. Fun! Romantic comedy a guy will like!
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Summary: HAPPY NEW YEARZ!
Review: A little slow getting started, but hey, I loved this movie! Hearing Christina Ricci's accent at the begginning of the film threw me off a bit. But all the characters in 200 cigarrettes transformed into highly adorable, funky, quirky, 80's type personalities, (pause!), cool people on a mission to party like it's 1999. There! I said it! I especially liked Martha Plimpton's character. I was feeling so worried when no one was showing up for her party. This film is an engaging look at one night in NYC, (actually filmed in "real time" I'm assuming). It carries you along on this seemingly ill-fated New Years Eve, where everyone has got love on the brain. Primary mission: find someone special to share New Years Eve with. Who can't relate to that?! With the Millineum coming up close, this is a perfect movie to get into the spirit of things. And if you don't have that someone special in your arms that night, watch this movie. It makes perfect company.
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Summary: What a GREAT movie!!!!
Review: As I was flipping through the channel guide to see what was on TV last night, I saw this movie was on and figured "What the heck, it sounds like fun." This movie was more than fun, it was INCREDIBLE!!! First there's the music. This soundtrack should be a staple for anyone who was around during 1981. Given that I was a freshman in college at the time, this music brought back many wonderful and fond memories of a time less encumbered by responsibility. I found myself, as well as my partner, dancing in our chairs when another great song came on. The story itself was nothing less than wonderful. Who can't relate to finding "Mr or Ms. Right" for New Year's Eve? Watching Martha Plimpton go into nuclear meltdown because no was was showing up to her party was one of the highlights of the movie. Her reaction to finding out what a success her party was after passing out put her on the same level of comedic genius as Lucy, Whoopie and Meg. Christina Ricci was, as usual, bright, funny and insightful as the young girl trying to find her cousins party as she and her uptight girlfriend (Gaby Hoffman played to the extreme!) get lost in the bowels of The Village. Their New Yawk accents were spot on and top drawer. While not wanting to ignore the rest of the cast (ie Ben Affleck, Jay Mohr and Kate Hudson)who were all excellent, the story I loved the best was the subplot between Courtney Love and Paul Rudd. I almost wet my pants watching a drunken Love belt out the lyrics to "Looking Through the Eyes of Love" from "Ice Castles" and cheered out loud when she and Rudd finally got together. All in all I would STRONGLY reccomend both the movie and the soundtrack. It will make you laugh, cry and, in the end, you'll be happy that you spent time with these wonderful characters as they tell their story.
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Summary: DID ANYONE COUNT ALL THE CIGGARETTES?
Review: This movie was exactly what I expected it to be: fun, mildly humorous and entertaining, and not in the least bit profound! There were some very funny lines and I enjoyed the early eighties soundtrack, in a film that explores many young adult's desperate quest to find the "perfect" New Year's experience; (a quest ALL of us have pursued at one point or another, and will certainly be able to relate to)! The plot? Well, it involves many, many characters, all dressed as Madanna-wanna-be's, traipsing around New York, on New Years, 1980. One of the characters, (Martha Plimpton) is hosting a New Year's "bash" that no one seems to be coming to, and she is "freaking out" over the dip! No, this film would never win any awards. However, it is definitely an amusing (if a bit silly, at times) movie, that definitely shows A LOT of ciggarettes being smoked! If you enjoy 80's music and light comedy, go ahead and buy it. After all, every movie collection should include at least a few movies that DON'T require a lot of thought,right?
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Summary: You need to see this
Review: 200 cigs is one of the most fun and invigorating movies of its era. Only a hardcore cynic could fail to enjoy this one. Lively, burdened, and infinitely interesting (in a mundane way) cast make this a "must see". I'm not kidding!!
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Summary: The Best NY New Year's Eve film
Review: Being from NYC and living downtown in the 80s, I found this movie to be a true NYC experience on New Year's eve with the exception of never being able to find a taxi. I love the cameo by David Johansen as a bartender as well. It is a very fun-filled movie.
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Summary: BRAVO!
Review: This is one of the best orginial films of its time.
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Summary: VERY FUNNY
Review: This movie has a hilarious plot, characters are vibrant and funny and it is just plain fun to watch.
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