Movie Review for Romance and Cigarettes

Summary: Nick Murder's journey into infidelity and redemption is explored through the repercussions of his adultery and doomed fascination with a flame haired seductress named Tula. For Kitty, Nick's long suffering wife, his treachery is the final straw. With faith in her husband shattered she surprises even herself with the ferocity of her anger as she struggles to cope with his betrayal. It is only through a tragic twist of fate that Nick finally understands the extent of the pain he has inflicted on his family. With time running out he discovers the essential value of Kitty's love and respect.

                         Reviews of Romance and Cigarettes
By Ian Freer of Empire Magazine (6/1)
            Terrific as a musical, indifferent as a drama, the movie’s great cast fails to rescue a scattersh...

By Bill Chambers of Film Freak Central (7/0)
            Bargain-basement Dennis Potter

By Chris Barsanti of filmcritic.com (4/3)
            ...a gutter-style jukebox musical with chutzpah to spare and which doesn't know when to quit.

By Joe Utichi of FilmFocus (7/0)
            Romance and Cigarettes may not always work as well as it probably should, but regardless there's ...

By Peter Bradshaw of Guardian [UK] (7/0)
            An uneven, but sporadically entertaining movie.

By Armond White of New York Press (7/0)
            Turturro aims for postmodern irony and misses.

                         Reviews of Romance and Cigarettes
By Carrie Rickey of Philadelphia Inquirer (7/0)
            Romance and Cigarettes is lewd and it's lurid and looks to be a lost pop opera, but it has more v...

By Sean Burns of Philadelphia Weekly (7/0)
            Okay, so there is a certain 'gotta-see-it-to-believe-it' factor when you're watching Tony Soprano...

By Pam Grady of Reel.com (7/0)
            The film, after all, is the cinematic equivalent of a malignant tumor. Luckily, for it, there is ...

By James Berardinelli of ReelViews (7/0)
            Romance and Cigarettes is good, not-so-clean fun.

By Derek Elley of Variety (7/0)
            Alternately shines and sputters.

By Stella Papamichael of BBC (3/4) No reference
            As styles diverge, unease creeps in and overshadows the actors.

                         Reviews of Romance and Cigarettes
By Kevin Courrier of Boxoffice Magazine (3/4) No reference
            It isn't funny, magical, or realistic. In fact, it's downright unwatchable.

By Edward Douglas of ComingSoon.net (3/4) No reference
            An appallingly bad, mostly unwatchable embarrassment to everyone involved.

By Gregory Kirschling of Entertainment Weekly (3/4) No reference
            With Walken around, hair up high, of course there are fleeting moments of fascinating weirdness, ...

By David Noh of Film Journal International (3/4) No reference
            It all might have been more effective had there been more variation, but nuance is a foreigner to...

By Ray Bennett of Hollywood Reporter (3/4) No reference
            A karaoke nightmare.

By Jack Mathews of New York Daily News (3/4) No reference
            If you're game for something different, it's worth a few giggles.

                         Reviews of Romance and Cigarettes
By Kyle Smith of New York Post (3/4) No reference
            It has cult item stamped all over it...

By Stephen Holden of New York Times (3/4) No reference
            There is more raw vitality pumping through Romance & Cigarettes than in a dozen perky high sc...

By Stephen Holden of New York Times (3/4) No reference
            There is more raw vitality pumping through Romance & Cigarettes than in a dozen perky high school...

By Stephen Whitty of Newark Star-Ledger (6/1) No reference
            Was it mass hysteria? Were they all hypnotized? Did they lose some dreadful bet?

By Jan Stuart of Newsday (3/4) No reference
            It's karaoke with a vengeance, the circle of the inferno that Dante could never in his wildest im...

By Ruthe Stein of San Francisco Chronicle (3/4) No reference
            Romance & Cigarettes is not your usual drama about a troubled marriage. It attempts something sta...

                         Reviews of Romance and Cigarettes
By Rich Cline of Shadows on the Wall (3/4) No reference
            Such an outrageous film that it's almost impossible not to adore it.

By Fernando F. Croce of Slant Magazine (3/4) No reference
            Romance & Cigarettes feels like a Jacques Demy film played at the wrong speed.

By Geoff Andrew of Time Out (3/4) No reference
            Turturro pulls off a very tricky balancing act, by trusting in the expertise of his performers an...

By Maitland McDonagh of TV Guide's Movie Guide (3/4) No reference
            Turturro's reach considerably exceeds his grasp.

By Matthew Turner of ViewLondon (3/4) No reference
            Energetic, colourful and occasionally just downright weird, this has Future Cult Movie written al...

By Michelle Orange of Village Voice (3/4) No reference
            Romance & Cigarettes is less a story than a state of mind, and less a musical than a meditation o...

                         Reviews of Romance and Cigarettes
By Stephen Hunter of Washington Post (3/4) No reference
            The movie comes on as a novelty item, meaning it's so full of disparate parts and so unable to ap...

Movie Distributors
MGM Distribution Company

Production Companies
Janus Films
GreeneStreet Films
KL Line

Movie Studios
United Artists Films