Gabbby Smoking!!!!!!

Rating: 8/10 (30 January 2005)

In our history, there have been numerous humanoids who probably had too much coffee in their lifetime: Jim Carrey, Robin Williams, Benny Hill, Kathy Griffin, myself for that matter, and Dick Vitale. Moreover, there have been some that have smoked too many cigarettes: Johnny Carson, The Marlboro Man, Colin Farrell, Kiefer Sutherland, Jim Leyland, Smokey the Bear (oops! that's the antithesis), and The Camel Dude. However, there have been many which have had perceptive and didactic conversations having "Coffee & Cigarettes". Ironically enough, that is the main premise of Jim Jarmusch's film "Coffee & Cigarettes". You have heard that coffee & cigarettes definitely does cause harmful health situations, but le flick "Coffee & Cigarettes" definitely does cause exceptional intellectual stimulations. The film is comprised of several chatty coffee & cigarettes vignettes. They are embodied by such Hollywood cafeinados & nicoaddictos as: Bill Murray, Tom Waits, Iggy Pop, Steve Buscemi, Jack & Meg White, Alfred Molina, Steven Coogan, Steven Wright, Roberto Benigni, and Cate Blanchett. The film's "crème" a la crop vignettes which "lit" it up were: Molina & Coogan's "Distant Cousins", Blanchett's own "Cousins", Buscemi's "Elvis' Brother", and Pop & Waits' "Jukebox". The ones that probably had too much "black" on them and included no "matches" in cinema superiority were: the White Stripes machine bit, the waiter & hot chic bit, and Benigni & Wright's "Strange to Meet You". The top acting nods that stirred up the pot accordingly was Molina's searching cousin, Blanchett's dual cousin, and Murray's cofffe mug chugger. Jarmusch's screenplay was wistful, realistic, and variable. "Coffee & Cigarettes" has the perfect combination to make it one of the most insightful films of the year. **** Good