Coffee and Cigarettes

R

Released May 14, 2004

1 hr. 36 min.

Comedy

Drama

List

64%

124 Reviews

Tomatometer

75%

25,000+ Ratings

Audience Score

This 11-vignette film focuses on the human interactions that happen while partaking in the everyday indulgence of coffee and cigarettes. Featuring well-known actors and other artists as themselves or some version thereof, the film highlights the nuances and subtle hostilities that can be a part of seemingly normal conversations. Bill Murray waits on the Wu-Tang Clan, Iggy Pop and Tom Waits get on each others' nerves and Jack and Meg White of the White Stripes discuss Nikola Tesla.

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Critics Consensus

Episodes vary in quality, but overall this talky film is quirkily engaging.

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Aender S

This film's got quite some funny moments, but the way they're delivered is boring. It would've probably helped for more atmosphere if the "cafés" had other customers than just the protagonists. There are definitely better films by Jim Jarmusch.

Rated 2.5 out of 5 stars

04/19/24

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Steve D

None of it worked for me at all.

Rated 0.5 out of 5 stars

01/31/24

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John A

Very experimental. 11 vignettes unrelated to each other present multiple characters that engage in fairly personal dialogue. I'm sad to report that most of this 90 minute picture is more or less a dud. Cate Blanchett's dual performance found in her own vignette somewhere in the middle is certainly an interesting watch.

Rated 2.5 out of 5 stars

12/01/23

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Vito P

Embarrassment, the unspoken, convictions, and irony fill the conversations among humans in this series of episodes filmed in different times and eras. It rediscovers old scenarios while proposing new, humorous ones.

Rated 3.5 out of 5 stars

11/13/23

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Logan M

Sadly, not all of the sketches are on the same level of quality. But the charm of the movie gets the audience through the lesser moments, and the stories that are good are all great.

Rated 3.5 out of 5 stars

03/12/23

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Shioka O

I love coffee but I don't smoke, so I give the half of 5 stars. I think this is not for a serious watch, maybe better to play each parts while you are having break, because their stories are not really connected. and maybe lower the volume and watch with subtitles, then some parts look like a European film. I like the part played by Cate Blanchett, with her talent.

Rated 2.5 out of 5 stars

12/08/22

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Jim Jarmusch

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Roberto Benigni

Roberto

Steven Wright

Steven

Joie Lee

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Cinqué Lee

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Rated: 3/5

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Jamie Russell

BBC.com

Rated: 3/5

Oct 19, 2004

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Peter Rainer

New York Magazine/Vulture

What unites everything is Jarmusch's playful, hang-dog absurdism.

Aug 7, 2004

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Sean Axmaker

Stream on Demand

... an anthology of curiosities, some more curious than others, wound around a diverse cast paired off for random ramblings over caffeine and nicotine.

Sep 9, 2023

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Richard Propes

TheIndependentCritic.com

Jarmusch is definitely an acquired taste, but his true fans will find this collection a joy and fans of film who long for the simplicity of true filmmaking.

Rated: 3.0/4.0

Sep 5, 2020

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Mark Steyn

The Spectator

I have the horrible feeling that in cold print that sounds a lot livelier than it is. In practice, it plays like an overlong round of Whose Line Is It Anyway? where all the participants are stoned.

Jan 25, 2018

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Synopsis

This 11-vignette film focuses on the human interactions that happen while partaking in the everyday indulgence of coffee and cigarettes. Featuring well-known actors and other artists as themselves or some version thereof, the film highlights the nuances and subtle hostilities that can be a part of seemingly normal conversations. Bill Murray waits on the Wu-Tang Clan, Iggy Pop and Tom Waits get on each others' nerves and Jack and Meg White of the White Stripes discuss Nikola Tesla.

Director: Jim Jarmusch
Screenwriter: Jim Jarmusch
Distributor: Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer
Production Co: Asmik Ace Entertainment
Rating: R (Language)
Genre: Comedy, Drama
Original Language: English
Release Date (Theaters): May 14, 2004, Wide
Release Date (Streaming): Feb 14, 2017
Box Office (Gross USA): $2.0M

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