Romance & Cigarettes
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- Synopsis
- Actor and filmmaker John Turturro wrote and directed this emotionally resonant blend of music and drama. Nick Murder (James Gandolfini) is an ironworker who has been married for years to Kitty (Susan Sarandon), who works as a seamstress and is the ......
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- Director(s)
- John Turturro
- Distributor(s)
- Humperdinck Prod.
- MPAA Rating
- R
- Runtime
- 105 min.
Critic Reviews
Romance & Cigarettes is the real thing, a film that breaks out of Hollywood jail with audacious originality, startling sexuality, heartfelt emotions, and an anarchic liberty. The actors toss their heads and run their mouths like prisoners let loose to race free.Read the full review
There is more raw vitality pumping through Romance & Cigarettes, John Turturro’s passionate ode to the sensual pulse of life in a working-class neighborhood of Queens, than in a dozen perky high school musicals. This is a movie in which a dirty mind is a good thing. Call it “The Singing Id.” Prudes, be forewarned.Read the full review
Attempts something startlingly original by melding light opera with soap opera.Read the full review
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DVD: My Year Of Flops: Mostly Singing, Partially Dancing Case-File-And-A-Half #131: Romance & Cigarettes + Theodore Rex
02/18/09 Then there's dispiriting, enervating, "Why does fate allow this to happen, maybe the Taliban is onto something, how will I find the strength to wake up and face another day" awfulness. | The A.V. Club
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