Reflective of Coffee and Cigarettes?

Rating: 6/10 (5 January 2006)

A film which veers from the highly entertaining and stimulating ("Jack shows his Tesla Coil", "Delirium") to the embarrassingly poor ("No Problem"). This film gives the impression that Jim Jarmusch might have put it together in a bit of a (caffeine and nicotine?) rush and put it out without any reflection. Being a set of vignettes I was able to last to the end of any sketch I didn't like in the knowledge that next one promised something even if occasionally it didn't deliver. The highlights featured some unlikely but successful combinations as the RZA and the GZA with Bill Murray and Roberto Benigni with Steven Wright (how's that for contrast?). Other sketches featuring Cate Blanchett as cousins and Steve Coogan with Alfred Molina could have done with editing. The sketches "No Problem" and "Champagne" should have been consigned to the ashtray!
A bit of fun, don't allocate too much time for it. A companion for when the conversation over Gaulois and Lavazza runs dry.