Overview"200 Cigarettes" is a 1999 American ensemble comedy-drama film directed by Risa Bramon Garcia. Set on New Year's Eve 1981 in New York City, the film narrates several storylines intertwined into a way of comical episodes. Including an ensemble cast of Hollywood talents like Ben Affleck, Casey Affleck, Dave Chappelle, Guillermo Diaz, Angela Featherstone, Janeane Garofalo, Gaby Hoffmann, Kate Hudson, Courtney Love, Jay Mohr, Martha Plimpton, Christina Ricci and Paul Rudd, the plot reveals the stories of numerous characters intending to browse their way through the complexities of love, relationship, and partying.
PlotThe film follows the lives of several characters as they have problem with love, friendship, and the anticipation of New Year's Eve parties in NYC. The movie commences with friends Monica (Martha Plimpton) and Hillary (Catherine Kellner) hosting a NYE celebration. Monica is aberrant and concerned nobody will come due to a bad celebration last year. Eric (Brian McCardie), Monica's Scottish ex-boyfriend insists on attending her event where he means to propose.
Simultaneously, other characters browse the streets of East Village. Ellie and Val (Christina Ricci and Gaby Hoffmann), 2 teenage women from Long Island, get lost on their way to the party. Val is consumed with actor Tom Cruise and Ellie worries about their unknown surroundings. Jack (Jay Mohr) and Cindy (Kate Hudson) head to Monica's party after their very first date, though Cindy has actually confided to a complete stranger, the Disco Cabbie (Dave Chappelle) that it's not working out. 2 punks, Tom (Casey Affleck) and Dave (Guillermo Diaz), decide to head to Monica's when they discover their preferred band will be playing. Lucy (Courtney Love) and Kevin (Paul Rudd), roommates with escalating sexual tension, decide to go to parties separately yet converge at Monica's.
ConclusionAs the night advances, characters cross courses in a series of amusing and outrageous situations. Monica's stress and anxiety intensifies. Kevin and Lucy share a spontaneous kiss. Ellie and Val fulfill their punk rescuers at Monica's party. Jack and Cindy's relationship enhances and Eric chooses to propose to a different female instead of Monica. Ellie and Val finally find their celebration and view a celeb there, though it's not Tom Cruise, however rather Elvis Costello.
Vital Reception"200 Cigarettes" was consulted with mixed to unfavorable reviews, with Rotten Tomatoes providing it a 28% ranking based on reviews. The film was slammed for not maximizing its outstanding ensemble cast and for having a thin plot. The extremely coincidental crossways of characters were also slammed. Regardless of this, the film is admired for painting a brilliant and classic image of a 1980s New York City New Year's Eve, with its soundtrack filled with Blondie, The Ramones, and The Cars, reflecting the city's dynamic culture throughout the age.
In conclusion, "200 Cigarettes" is a film encapsulating New Year's Eve in the early 1980s in New York City. Though it might have fizzled with critics, it still rings as a cult favorite to some audiences who enjoy its nostalgic appeal and comical interplays.
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