
New Year's Eve, 1981, the Lower East Side. Monica's having a party, but as late as 9, no one's there. She stews (and drinks). Folks are on their way, all looking for love, sex, or both. En route, paths cross, gambits misfire: a performance artist, her boyfriend until today and his long-time pal Lucy, two Long Island high-school girls, two punk rockers, a bartender, a Scottish painter who's lousy in bed, a pretty face named Jack who runs when women say they love him, his cute ... (Full plot summary below)
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New Year's Eve, 1981, the Lower East Side. Monica's having a party, but as late as 9, no one's there. She stews (and drinks). Folks are on their way, all looking for love, sex, or both. En route, paths cross, gambits misfire: a performance artist, her boyfriend until today and his long-time pal Lucy, two Long Island high-school girls, two punk rockers, a bartender, a Scottish painter who's lousy in bed, a pretty face named Jack who runs when women say they love him, his cute but clumsy date Cindy, two trendy vamps, a loquacious cabby, the man-crazed Hillary, and Elvis Costello. Nearly everybody smokes, and nearly everybody scores. And all get who and what they deserve.
Leave your thoughts about 200 Cigarettes.
| Arizona Daily StarPhil VillarrealAn underrated, entertaining lark of a Tarantinoesque film. |
| Cinemaphile.orgDavid KeyesThis is the movie that knows its a party flick, but doesn't care. |
| eFilmCritic.comBrian MckayNew Years Eve, 1981. Disco was on its way out, and the "New Wave" was pounding on the shore, bringing in a fresh tide of angst for a new decade . . . good for a laugh |
| Cincinnati EnquirerMargaret A. McGurkIn the hands of director Risa Bramon Garcia and writer Shana Larsen, their predicament is funny, sad and wistful as only young lust can be. |
| Filmcritic.comChristopher NullThe cast (playing uber-NYCers) are uniformly grating and obnoxious -- and Courtney Love as ringleader makes it even worse. |
| SPLICEDWireRob BlackwelderThere are no wasted scenes, no busted jokes, and a number of comedic crescendos that will send you roaring over the back of your chair. |
| San Francisco ChronicleMick LaSalle200 Cigarettes doesn't have a bad scene or a false note. The picture is a succession of pointed little moments, nicely written by Shana Larsen and acted with comic assurance and sensitivity. |
| Apollo GuideMike DeWolfeMTV Productions ... falls back into the cliché of good music, lots of action, pretty faces and an empty plot. |
| Boxoffice MagazineMelissa MorrisonGarcia orchestrates her New Wave symphony deftly, making each character distinctive. |
| Los Angeles TimesKevin ThomasA light comedy, pure and simple (and hardly unfamiliar), but its makers sustain its energy through the unraveling of an intricate plot and bring to it a certain edge through a witty, sharp sense of observation. |