Coffee and Cigarettes (DVD)

I missed Coffee and Cigarettes in the theater and I can't say I am disappointed.

Coffee and Cigarettes is a film made up of 11 different vignettes, all of which feature some top notch names including Roberto Benigni, Alfred Molina, Cate Blanchett, Bill Murray and so one, but names don't necessarily make a movie, and I am hard pressed to even classify this as a movie.

At just over 90 minutes long, the movie has no pace, no flow and no cohesion besides the fact that each conversation has coffee and, of course, cigarettes in common. Whether it is Bill Murray chatting it up with the Wu-Tang's GZA and RZA or Alfred Molina and Steve Coogan "relating" to one another there is coffee on the table and smoke in the air.

Ultimately this movie just feels like an ego gone awry, as Jim Jarmusch seems to be saying, "Hey, look at all the people I know."

There is nothing interesting in the variety of conversations Jarmusch plays with, and very little to laugh at. The only way I could recommend you watch this is to turn it on and go doing something else with it playing in the background. The conversations are real, in effect as they are boring, which most coffeehouse conversations are if you are not an involved party, and the movie could act as some good ambient noise in your home.

As for special features you don't have much to choose from except for a 3+ minute music video featuring "tabletops", an outtake from the Bill Murray vignette, and interview with Taylor Mead and the theatrical trailer.

I can't really figure out what audience would find this film interesting, but I am sure you are out there, but for the majority of you this is a title to skip.