Platicsco Good story, Not enough for a whole film

Baseshment I like movies that are aware of what they are selling... without [any] greater aspirations than to make people laugh and that's it.

KnotStronger This is a must-see and one of the best documentaries - and films - of this year.

Billy Ollie Through painfully honest and emotional moments, the movie becomes irresistibly relatable

hydravannahmer This movie is strangely calming yet intriguing. First watch and I already feel up for a second watch. It just... well.. nice. The concept of coffee and cigarettes just fits so nicely together you just wish you were there with them. The strong irony is palpable and catches your attention in such a way that's extremely interesting. I just love how this movie is so different than others from the way it's structured to the dialogue.

framptonhollis ..are SPECTACULAR! There's some fantastic dialogue, performances, and cinematography displayed all throughout this fascinating semi-experimental comedy. This adventure through the strange mind of genius indie filmmaker Jim Jarmusch is a star studded, minimalist near- masterpiece full of fun and humor. However, not every skit is all too good, and at times the performers act a little too silly and funny-if certain actors played their scenes more straight and deadpan, the scenes would have come out much funnier.However, the goods definitely outweigh the bads here. This is a movie I would highly recommend for most people who enjoy slower, more dialogue heavy films, because I'm sure they'll get quite a few laughs out of this little movie. Some of the best segments are "Strange to Meet You" starring Steven Wright and Roberto Benigni, which is sort of odd and also hilarious, "Cousins" starring Cate Blanchett (who is great and brilliantly plays two very different characters at once), "Cousins?" (different than "Cousins", note the QUESTION MARK), starring Steve Coogan and Alfred Molina, which provides a wonderfully subtle sense of humor to the film, "Delirium" starring musicians GZA and RZA, as well as comedian/actor Bill Murray, which admittedly could have been a little better but is still great and funny as hell, and the final segment, which is "Champagne, starring William Rice and Andy Warhol superstar Taylor Mead, who does a brilliantly strange job at , basically, playing himself, which is the most odd, poetic little scene in the whole movie.

VidSteh Believe it or not, but this must be one of the funnies movies I've ever seen. A mix of stories where the actors and musicians (Bill Murray, RZA, GZA, Steve Buscemi, Roberto Benigni, Jack and Meg White from The White Stipes, Tom Waits and Iggy Pop, Alfred Molina etc.), who are talking about different things while drinking coffee and smoking cigarettes. You probably think you can't make a movie about that but Jarmusch succeed in bringing a fresh mix of comedy, drama, music about nothing and everything. The conversations in the movie are mostly funny (conspiracy theories about Elvis and his evil twin is one of the best), but all the stories in the movies are not all that great (I found a story with Cate Blanchett a bit boring), but most of them are bringing very unique movie. You can't believe you can make a watchable movie about drinking and smoking. Well... Jarmusch is really a genius and C & S one of my favorite movies.

Jeff I read a whole host of reviews on this site before renting this film, and despite all the warnings, I gave it a chance. Hell, I gave this film more than a chance. I had low expectations but this collection still failed to impress. First of all, I can't even believe some of the reviewers on here had to point out that the shorts are, in fact, connected. Wow, really? With every sketch featuring coffee and cigarettes, dialogue that is reiterated in a number of sketches, and every single damn sketch dealing with a part of the spectrum of social awkwardness; interpreting the themes in this film and making your own connections does not make you an appreciator of finer things, no it merely confirms that you aren't completely retarded.So let's get off our high horse and stop using the words "metaphysical", "surreal", and "existential" for a moment, and look at what this film does have to offer. Yes, the Molina/Coogan sketch is absolutely brilliant and hilarious. Had this been the only short released to the public, then I never would have anything bad to say about Jarmusch. The Iggy Pop/Tom Waits meeting comes in a close second comedy-wise. Not just a piece of great casting, Waits gives such a natural performance that takes dry humor to a whole new level. Cate Blanchett's dual role is pretty cool and fun to watch, but compared to Nic Cage's dual role in Adaptation (which also came out in 03), this doesn't even come close.Beyond those three sketches, I don't know what to say. Bill Murray gives a great performance that is ruined by two rappers who clearly needed better direction, there's a sketch titled "Renee" that sets up a character who is almost OCD about her coffee and then goes nowhere with it, "Those Things'll Kill Ya" plays like a scrapped Seinfeld sketch, "Twins" features more bickering that is clearly meant to be comical but never works because there is no chemistry between the actors (who are twins for Christ's sake). I could go on but its a waste of time. The problem is that Jarmusch keeps trying to tell a joke, gets halfway there, and then abandons the punchline because he's trying to paint a bigger picture. It's like sitting through 90 minutes of someone saying, "Knock knock, who's there? We all get defensive when we're uncomfortable". And there is the biggest problem. This was never meant to be released as a movie. There's a lot to like about these sketches individually. Lots of tiny little nuances in the acting and very subtle humor that works for the short film format. But these should have been released on Youtube for people to discover on their own, not as a film that has a character deliver a nice hamfisted epiphany at the end.