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Summary: Fun!
Review: First of all, I don't know why critics were saying such horrible things about "200 Cigarettes". Okay, it may not be Oscar-worthy, but the cast is funny (especially Courtney Love as Lucy) and lovable. The film follows a bunch of young, 20-something people in East Village on New Years Eve 1981. The costumes are very eighties, the music is great and my favorite actress Kate Hudson was adorable in one of her first movie roles. The all-star cast; including Paul Rudd, Gaby Hoffman, Christina Ricci, Casey Affleck, Ben Affleck and Janeane Garofalo gives more stars than sneers. I also liked Martha Plimpton as cynical, grumpy Monica. The cameo by Elvis Costello was fine as well.
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Summary: Partying like it WASN'T 1981
Review: OK, I loved the cast, with a few exceptions, and the soundtrack is awesome. If you grew up during that era you'll be OD'ing on nostalgia. The movie sort of plodded along, not really going anywhere. Sort of like a frustration dream--that never ends. I do accept artistic license in film, even though Christina Ricci & Gaby Hoffman's accents weren't very good--their acting was. I had the pleasure of living in NYC in 80's and sorry to say the costumes, make-up & slang were NOT authentic. I really felt like it was a contemporary film. I was searching for something real from 1981, after a while I kept asking myself, "Why don't they just show the Mudd Club or Danceteria or CBGB's!" At least they showed Gem Spa, and some other landmarks. That aside, it still could have been a good film. I think the main problem was the aimlessness of the script. And the direction--did everyone direct themselves? The only things that kept my interest--were the music and the fine young actors, who did not have much to work with. I sure hope they were adequately compensated. And the most annoying part was Long Island new waver Gaby Hoffman not knowing who Elvis Costello was!! The only people in 1981 who didn't who Elvis Costello was would be your grandparents. Oh well, you better stop smoking, it's bad for your health.
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Summary: Good cast, bad movie!
Review: This movie doesn't mean nothing, no real plot, not very interesting, very boring, the story go no where, well not really except lots of people get into a party for New Year Eve, what the big deal! Not the movie of the year. Bad script. But the cast is good, maybe too many well know actors are in this movie, they focus in a lot of people and don't stay long enough in one person in particular, it seem like they thought the movie will be good because of the cast but it is not, big name actors cannot save a bad movie. In the cast you have stars like Ben Afleck, Christina Ricci who act very well, Courtney Love who is very good in my point of view, you have the brother of Ben Afleck, don't remember his name he his a good actor, you have other big names that I forget. But still like I said Big Names in a movie don't make the movie Good! It was very boring!
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Summary: 200 Stories with great characters!!!
Review: This is a movie with a lots characters and Stories, but you wont get confused, because it has a great script, that make you care for each character that appears on screen. There are all kind of thing happening in this movie to give a good review of it, is a lot like the movie GO, if you liked that movie, you will like this one for sure.
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Summary: Happy New Year!!
Review: This exceeded my expectations. Great flick for any New Year's Eve party -- A classic. Just make sure to stop the movie before the last 10 minutes.
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Summary: I LOVE this movie
Review: Growing up in Manhattan's "village" in the 80's while frequenting the various streets and clubs these people go to, I totally relate to the characters experiences because I've seen "them" firsthand. This movie to me is a nostalgic flash-back to the 80's nightlife in downtown New York City. Not to mention - everytime I watch it - I find something else to laugh about!
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Summary: don't take this movie too seriously....
Review: It's new year's eve 1980, the music is great, the clothes are not so great(maybe we thought differently back then), and this movie isn't great, but it wasn't all that bad. It was a fun frolic in the night air of New York City on the last night of 1980. There are several people all looking for dates, the same party, and all just wanting to have a great time. It's a good rental for those of us who can take Martha Plimpton for an hour and a half(she is annoying!!!)
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Summary: oh, it's so bad
Review: Okay, apparently this Garcia woman was a agent for a long time and she called in every favor in the book to get a decent cast, but to no avail. I have never wanted to get up and walk out of a theater quite as badly as on that fateful night where some friends said, "Hey, let's go see the cigarette movie!" At any rate, it's hard to believe that a movie with a good soundtrack AND a cameo by Elvis Costello could be quite so dreadful, but believe me: This is a awe-inspiringly terrible movie. It's so bad that its very ineptness reach a perverse kind of perfection, but despite that, it's STILL no fun to watch. Look, I like Christine Ricci, but her performance (and that voice) are ridiculous. I like Ben Affleck, but his role is just a cameo to help his talentless brother's starring role. Don't get me wrong, my standards are not that high. I even like Paul Rudd and -- heaven help me -- Courtney Love but their roles are so crudely drawn (and crude) that you just have to look away. Other atrocities abound. Oh, and nobody likes Martha Plimpton. Ever. Dear Lord, please take this woman's camera away.
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Summary: ricci rickitty voice!
Review: as already said Christina Ricci's voice really throws ya at first..but after that its a really enjoyable film mixing lots of characters but never getting boring..in a way its not that different to the teen film "Cant Hardley Wait" just the decades are different...one annoyance though.....cmon people you could have at least tried to make Elvis Costello look like he did in the 80's! soundtrack rules too
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Summary: Not that bad
Review: Some critics panned this movie as one of 98's worst when in fact, it's better than some of the movies that they rave over. I feel that the only reason why this movie got such a bad rap is because it had to compete with "The Wedding Singer". I didn't think that the stories stepped over each other as bad as the Amazon editorial reviewer had stated. I thought that it moved around smoothly and defined their characters as much as it could. (Let me remind you that there are 12 main characters here and the movie was only an hour and forty minutes long.) Some critics didn't like Christina Ricci in this one. I found her to be cute in her Jersey accent. Also, I call Courtney Love "the next Cher" as she plays her role flawlessly. All she needs to do is to run into the right movie and the right character, and I can see an Oscar coming her way in the future (Madonna who? ). She and Paul Rudd had some definant on-screen chemistry here (If you can get past Rudd's character's whining). And wasn't Dave Chappelle's "Disco Cabbie" the smoothest, coolest, and craziest player since Chef on South Park? He was the true star of this show and it's the best I have seen him since Robin Hood: Men in Tights. The only thing I didn't care for in this movie was the Jack and Cindy capers (Played by Jay Mohr and Kate Hudson). Those two really didn't fit in at all with the other characters and situations with their corny, boring and witless presence. They brought the mood down to a screeching halt after getting into the high energy scenes played by the better characters. If you need to go get a snack or to take time off for a bathroom break, go whenever you see the two of them on screen. Want to see Jay Mohr at his best? Rent "Go". Finally, I have to say that even though this movie had charm, great costumes, fabulous casts, funny antics, dazzling cinematography, a great feel of nostalgia, and a grooving soundtrack......It's one of those movies that you could only watch once.
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