Touches You

Excellent, Without a doubt!!

A different way of telling a story

Exactly the movie you think it is, but not the movie you want it to be.

Cigarettes increase the risk of cancer, and Coffee prevents sleep. Bad. Cigarettes increase the risk of cancer, and Coffee prevents sleep. Bad. Cigarettes increase the risk of cancer, and Coffee prevents sleep. Bad. Cigarettes increase the risk of cancer, and Coffee prevents sleep. Bad. Cigarettes increase the risk of cancer, and Coffee prevents sleep. Bad.

..are SPECTACULAR! There's some fantastic dialogue, performances, and cinematography displayed all throughout this fascinating semi-experimental comedy. This adventure through the strange mind of genius indie filmmaker Jim Jarmusch is a star studded, minimalist near- masterpiece full of fun and humor. However, not every skit is all too good, and at times the performers act a little too silly and funny-if certain actors played their scenes more straight and deadpan, the scenes would have come out much funnier.However, the goods definitely outweigh the bads here. This is a movie I would highly recommend for most people who enjoy slower, more dialogue heavy films, because I'm sure they'll get quite a few laughs out of this little movie. Some of the best segments are "Strange to Meet You" starring Steven Wright and Roberto Benigni, which is sort of odd and also hilarious, "Cousins" starring Cate Blanchett (who is great and brilliantly plays two very different characters at once), "Cousins?" (different than "Cousins", note the QUESTION MARK), starring Steve Coogan and Alfred Molina, which provides a wonderfully subtle sense of humor to the film, "Delirium" starring musicians GZA and RZA, as well as comedian/actor Bill Murray, which admittedly could have been a little better but is still great and funny as hell, and the final segment, which is "Champagne, starring William Rice and Andy Warhol superstar Taylor Mead, who does a brilliantly strange job at , basically, playing himself, which is the most odd, poetic little scene in the whole movie.

Jim Jarmusch creates black and white vignettes of some interesting people drinking coffee (tea for some) and having cigarettes.I love "Twins". Joie Lee and Cinqué Lee are twins. They are interrupted by Steve Buscemi, the waiter. It's hilarious with the crows Heckle and Jeckle. Then it's a lot of fun with Elvis Presley's twin. Buscemi delivers it perfectly.The only other one I'm interested in is "Cousins?". Actors Alfred Molina and Steve Coogan have some fun drinking tea. Molina discovered a long lost distant family connection but Coogan could not care less. Coogan is good at playing irreverent comedy which he turns douchy here. The writing could be a lot tighter. This is a good starting point.The rest range from slightly interesting to bland forgettable. Wu-Tang Clan with Bill Murray could have been funnier. The two Cate Blanchetts are visually interesting. The White Stripes is interesting because Meg is speaking. All these are interesting but not that compelling. Of the 11 vignettes, I only really love one.

This movie starts out promising with a piece of absurd comedy that actually works. Though you really can't do anything wrong when Steven Wright is in your scene, I had high hopes. I mean you have everything, a good setting, bizarre dialogues and the complimentary clever twist. However, the movie pretty much goes downhill from that scene on. Jim Jarmusch tried to make art people would speak of in every lounge bar from Europe to Eastern Europe but he just comes of as lazy. He had an insane amount of time to figure how he would bring it, and then he comes up with this. It doesn't even seem like he did any writing or anything, all he did was set up the camera and hope Iggy Pop and Tom Waits would say cool lines because they're Iggy Pop and Tom Waits. Most of the material carries that bothersome "almost funny"-label. Steve Buscemi's theory on Elvis and his twin brother is almost funny, but then again no. Teaming up a near-insane Bill Murray with guys from the Wu-Tang Clan, well that was funny. Both The White Stripes and Alfred Molina have a pretty good segment too but all in all I just felt bored with the whole thing. I like the idea, but some good writing wouldn't have hurt.