Why this did not get decent reviews is a mystery to me. I have recently developed some sort of a craving for Indie movies. Christina Ricci is gorgeous and one of the only good things about Fear And Loathing In Las Vegas. Her co stars include Jay Mohr(Paulie), Gaby Hoffman(Strike), Ben Affleck(Chasing Amy), Casey Affleck(Good Will Hunting), Paul Rudd, Courteney Love(Basquait) and Dave Chappelle(Bulworth).
The story is twisted and involving, and the characters are interesting and three dimensional. During the film you realise that everyone gets to know everyone and most of them travel in this cab owned by Con Air bad boy Dave Chappelle, who knows more than he lets on. The best characters are Ricci, the Afflecks, Mohr, Chappelle, Love and Rudd. The others are quite boring.
This film sounds similar to Go(although I haven't seen it), because of the involving characters and twisting storyline. Ben Affleck once said in an interview with Neon magazine that he did this film to add a more famous name to the cast. I suppose without him, the film would lose some credibility.
200 Cigarettes is not hilarious-it wasn't meant to be. Its meant to the same dark humour that Dead Man's Curve had. You laugh at the loser, white trash characters, not the jokes. The performances of some of the stars could have been better, but no film is perfect. The film does achieve some of its aims-Love is sexy("I dare you to f**k me"), Chappelle is funny, Ricci is annoying and Jannae Garafola provides a provocative cameo-ish performance. For a night of Beer and silly movies, don't miss 200 Cigarettes. Rating=4/5
The story is twisted and involving, and the characters are interesting and three dimensional. During the film you realise that everyone gets to know everyone and most of them travel in this cab owned by Con Air bad boy Dave Chappelle, who knows more than he lets on. The best characters are Ricci, the Afflecks, Mohr, Chappelle, Love and Rudd. The others are quite boring.
This film sounds similar to Go(although I haven't seen it), because of the involving characters and twisting storyline. Ben Affleck once said in an interview with Neon magazine that he did this film to add a more famous name to the cast. I suppose without him, the film would lose some credibility.
200 Cigarettes is not hilarious-it wasn't meant to be. Its meant to the same dark humour that Dead Man's Curve had. You laugh at the loser, white trash characters, not the jokes. The performances of some of the stars could have been better, but no film is perfect. The film does achieve some of its aims-Love is sexy("I dare you to f**k me"), Chappelle is funny, Ricci is annoying and Jannae Garafola provides a provocative cameo-ish performance. For a night of Beer and silly movies, don't miss 200 Cigarettes. Rating=4/5