Fresh
In a season seasoned with off-beat originality in the movies, from Lars and the Real Girl to I'm Not There, you still have not seen anything quite like John Turturro's extraordinary Romance and Cigarettes.
Jonathan F. Richards, Film.com
Romance & Cigarettes
2005 · 1h 45m · R
Comedy, Music, Romance
Directed by
John Turturro
Overview
Ironworker Nick lives with his wife, Kitty, and three daughters. When he meets a significantly younger woman, Tula, he starts an affair with her, much to the chagrin of his wife, and his life is thrown into upheaval. Kitty kicks Nick out of the house, and he is forced to make some difficult decisions.
Director and cast
Critics on Rotten Tomatoes
Top critics, in their words
52%
Tomatometer
Fresh
How weird is John Turturro's Romance & Cigarettes? Almost indescribably weird, though also strangely involving.
Carina Chocano, Los Angeles Times
Fresh
Romance and Cigarettes is a dark-red valentine to the way that pop music gets under our skin.
Moira MacDonald, Seattle Times
Fresh
It is not every musical that features lung cancer and James Gandolfini singing along with Engelbert Humperdinck to that every-day-I-wake-up 1960s standard 'A Man Without Love.'
Michael Phillips, Chicago Tribune
Rotten
While it looks like it was great fun to film, it's regrettably little fun to watch.
Tasha Robinson, AV Club
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