Infamousta brilliant actors, brilliant editing

SpunkySelfTwitter It’s an especially fun movie from a director and cast who are clearly having a good time allowing themselves to let loose.

Hattie I didn’t really have many expectations going into the movie (good or bad), but I actually really enjoyed it. I really liked the characters and the banter between them.

Fleur Actress is magnificent and exudes a hypnotic screen presence in this affecting drama.

edwagreen Another film that literally goes up in smoke in this 1999 mess of a picture.Everyone is off to a party. There are 2 girls from Ronkonkoma who could easily be compared to Fran Drescher and her idiotic friend Val on the super television show "The Nanny." In fact, one of the girls is named Val.Ben Affleck as a supposed law-student, serving drinks, barely appears and when he does, he says little. How fortunate he is.Martha Plimpton is hosting the party and panicking by 9:30P.M. on the night of New Year's Eve when it appears that no one shows up. By the time they do, she is totally out of it and misses a night supposedly to remember.Kate Hudson steals the show as the girl so prone to accidents. This film is one big accident.These 20 year old guys abd gaks are completely immature, neurotic and heaven knows what else. The writing is absolutely miserable and Jan. 1 can't come fast enough.

capone666 200 CigarettesThe best way to quit smoking is to replace cigarettes with food. Conversely, the best way to lose weight is to replace food with cigarettes.Fortunately, the acquaintances in this ensemble comedy are more apt to resolve to have better relationships this year.On the last day of 1981, Monica (Martha Plimpton) agonizes over the attendance record of her New Year's Eve party.Elsewhere, two teens from Long Island (Gaby Hoffmann, Christina Ricci) navigate the streets of New York, while two opposites (Kate Hudson, Jay Mohr) embark on an uncomfortable first date.Across town, life-long friends (Courtney Love, Paul Rudd) confront their sexual tension. And chaperoning the couples around is a sage and sedate cabbie (Dave Chappelle).An amorous anthology of quirky couples dealing with riotous relationship woes, 200 Cigarettes assembles a talented cast to supply the absurdity.Besides, January 31 isn't about unfulfilled expectations; it's about dispelling end-of-world prophecies. (Green Light)vidiotreviews.blogspot.ca

mitch-23 this is one of my all-time favorite movies; as evidenced by my review history, I am not a compulsive reviewer, but decided that if one more movie deserves my shout-out it is this low-profile and vastly underrated effort so I dredged up my registration information which I hadn't used in years; I remember stumbling upon the movie at my local home video rental store nine years ago; I immediately fell in love with this star-jammed vehicle that effortlessly manages to be stridently observant and yet retain a light and joyfully irrelevant touch; some of the reviewers complain that its crowded story-lines don't allow for fully-fledged characters but fail to see that it's one of the successful wink-wink aspects of the movie: most of the protagonists ARE fully-fledged, it's just that there just so much to their character! They are either shallow/vapid people or one-track minds desperate to score before the last hours of the old year ring out; both types can be sketched with a few confident strokes! for instance, just listening in on the bathroom conversation of Caitlin and Bridget you get all the insight into their character that you need to know perfectly well where they come from and what is their motivation; come on, given the lightweight subject matter I don't see how you can expect a 162-minute English patient-calibre backstory; you might ask then why waste time on a movie about shallow people or people obsessed with hosting the perfect party? because shallow plus zero self-awareness plus NYC art-scene types equals funny; being so caught up in party dip and New Year's decoration that it leads up to existential drama and queasiness is also hilarious in my book; and 200 cigarettes serves up just that sort of delightful cinematic entertainment; not to mention that it has one of my all-time favorite one-liners: "I DARE you to f*** me!"

freymaroto it just a simple movie about guys going to a party and getting it all mixed up, messed up., nice when you see how love works even when we all hide behind the smoke of your cigarette. the quest for love, for fun, for a party is very well portrayed. different characters, different situations, kind of make you feel you are in the middle of the desperation on new years eve, i think 1981 1982 was a great time to place it.the speeches and quotes and the way they develop a love and funny story is very nice. i t has a lot of characters making you crazy going from here to there on new year's eve. the humor is stool, and smart, i t has a great soundtrack, and in the end, it all turns out very well.