Karry Best movie of this year hands down!

Arianna Moses Let me be very fair here, this is not the best movie in my opinion. But, this movie is fun, it has purpose and is very enjoyable to watch.

Ginger Very good movie overall, highly recommended. Most of the negative reviews don't have any merit and are all pollitically based. Give this movie a chance at least, and it might give you a different perspective.

Logan By the time the dramatic fireworks start popping off, each one feels earned.

Gordon-11 This film is about a wife who discovers that his husband has a mistress. She sets out to find her."Romance & Cigarettes" is not a comedy and is not a musical. It is just a confusing mess. The plot is all over the place, and the story telling is abysmally poor that most subplots are poorly explained and poorly connected to each other. The so called musical part involves actors miming to old songs that are clearly not written especially for this film. The dances accompanying the music lack vibrancy and energy to set the screen alight. The street fight scene is so over the top. The constant screaming is so noisy and hysterical.There are a few notably beautiful scenes, such as Kate Winslet singing underwater, but the scene is so out of place in the first place. Would someone who is thrown into the water sing gracefully under water?

moonspinner55 An interesting misfire. Blue-collar Catholic husband from Queens, fighting with his infected lungs, cheats on his stalwart (but apparently sexless) wife with a red-haired British chippie and suffers the consequences. Perplexing drama from writer-director John Turturro, who seems caught in a Nicolas Roeg/Dennis Potter phase and frequently has his actors bursting into song-and-dance. The surreal musical-fringe isn't the general problem however, it is the unblushing sexual dialogue which makes these characters appear cartoonish. For all the careful work he does get accomplished, Turturro as a screenwriter is like a horny prankster with a poison pen. The overall effect is both immature and off-putting, although the filmmaker certainly gained the trust of his all-star cast, most of whom do solid work. *1/2 from ****

killdestroy It's the tenth time I see this film. And no matter what I was during these home screenings, drunk, sober, happy or sad, I still have the same stupid smile on my face when the credits start rolling. It's not that the ending makes me laugh, there's nothing funny about it. But neither does it make me sprout tears all over the place. I can't really describe this subtle feeling, the same feeling I have after watching Burton's "Big Fish".Yes, I can endlessly praise the music choices and the fine cast/acting etc. But that's all "body parts". This is, I won't be afraid to use the word, a complete and finished work of art. Yeah, the story's cheesy but it's one of the only films of our time that gives this every-day-life type of thing the authenticity that Turturro provides. It's one of the only films of our time that lives up to Piccaso's words "Art is the tool that brushes away the dust from our day-to-day life".I'm not in possession of words to express my gratitude so I'm not going to try to color it. Mr. Turturro, you're the man. Thank you so much.

contact-1541 For those who found The Singing Detective and Pennies from Heaven exciting and innovative this will come as a welcome return to a much neglected form of cinema. Turturro has assembled a wonderful cast for his first foray into the world of the musical. It is an original and touching film with many highlights and only the odd negative ( Walken and Parker). It also has the author's touch to it - a blue collar family living through emotional upheavals presented with no sentimentality but a lot of love. Both Gandolfini and Sarandon give excellent performances as the estranged but still connected couple and Buscemi, Winslet, Turturro and particularly Strich add their own talent to the mix. The musical numbers are well done and do not jar with the narrative. Overall, an enjoyable film showing much promise for Turturro's next excursion into the world of directing.