CheerupSilver
Very Cool!!!
SunnyHello
Nice effects though.
Onlinewsma
Absolutely Brilliant!
Ava-Grace Willis
Story: It's very simple but honestly that is fine.
Vonia
Four Rooms (1995)
Directors: Allison Anders, Alexandre Rockwell, Robert Rodriguez, Quentin Tarantino
4/10 An anthology film. 4 segments, 4 directors. A panoply of star cameos, some with many lines, some with a mere appearance. 1 Tim Roth. 1 topsy-turvy shambolic film. Frame Story (including two intervening shorts after the first and third segments, his calls with the party guests in Room 404 and his manager, Betty) could have been best story, but inconsistent; Tim Roth is hilarious at his best, a poor charade at worst. What is with his drunken bowlegs? Nevertheless, credit is due for his character and funny moments if you ignore the walk and over the top parts. Adored the subtle connections between the segments, a little little Easter eggs. (4/10) Honeymoon Suite, "The Missing Ingredient" felt like a burlesque comedy short. Roth's aforentioned foolish walk, the music and dancing for the coven's spell, all of it. Funny, but forgettable. Chaotic and ridiculous. Easy fun but little quality. (4/10) Room 409, "The Wrong Man" was similarly funny with little quality. This had less funny and more awkward laughs, though. Nonsensical plot idea that had the potential to become something enthralling, but was instead made into a farce. (3/10) Room 309, "The Misbehavers" was the best one, although definitely more over the top than necessary. In fact, probably the most ridiculous with the most elements of surprise including a fire, a huge syringe, said syringe used in darts, a dead whore. Unfortunately, Roth reaches his limit here and his already hyperbolic character gets even worse as he yells at these children, practically hyperventilating. Admittedly, these children might deserve some of it being nuisances that are endearingly intelligent about it. Everything that can go wrong, does. Mostly on a good way. Banderas saves the day, especially with his perfect last line: "Did they misbehave?" (5/10) Penthouse, "The Man From Hollywood" was quite the disappointment, coming from the biggest name in the film, Quentin Tarantino. Most of it is a complete waste of time, as mentioned by one of the characters. The reader is a thoroughly subpar, utterly non-Hitchcockian retelling of what the characters erroneously reference as "The Man from Rio", but is really "The Man from the South". An alcohol induced bet for a nice car. As long as he can light a Zippo ten times in a row. Otherwise, it will cost a finger. Literally. Roth is hired as the trigger man for $1,000. I will say that this segment is cleverly placed at the end, for the only redeeming detail is Roth's walk off ending, which could only be so simple yet so flawless now that his character, beyond done with his unexpectedly absurd night, has lost all fear and pretense. In this one scene, his nonsensical walk fits right in. (4/10) I have a soft spot for Anthology films. Apparently, only when done right. Four Rooms had all the elements. Sadly, with such shameful execution, the result leaves much to be desired.
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mistoppi
I've loved Four Rooms ever since I saw it. It's an excellent episode film, where each episode is weirder than the other. Even though there are four different directors for each part, they go along perfectly even though styles differ from each other. Also all have certain really weird kind of cheesy elements that go well with the weird stories, like really bad special effects and transitions between scenes or weirdly dramatic musical sound effects... If there's something I don't exactly like about this is that there's some overlap between the second and third segment. If it was done flawlessly, I'd be completely ready to accept it, but I have hard time trying to place the second segment The Wrong Man inside the third segment The Misbehavers.Still, Four Rooms is a hilarious comedy. It's over the top, but that doesn't matter, it goes well with the short stories.
Predrag
Four Rooms is a very unique film. It is a collection of four stories directed by four different directors. Although the film can be hit and miss it is very enjoyable for a number of reasons mainly due to the interesting set up, great performances and offbeat tone. The film is about a single night on New Year's Eve in a failing hotel and follows Ted the only bellhop on duty on his first night in the job. However the job isn't as simple as it first appears as Ted goes through a number of unusual events and meetings in four very different hotel rooms. These include meeting a coven of witches in 'The Missing Ingredient', being held at gun point in 'The Wrong Man', having to look after two energetic children in 'The Misbehaviours' and being drawn into a crazy bet in 'The Man From Hollywood'. The story is wild and all over the place as to be expected in this type of film. The first story is funny in parts, while the second betters it with some really funny dialogue. The latter two are the best, the third is full of energy and the last is typical witty Tarantino.The cast is very good. Tim Roth is simply magnificent as Ted and is the best thing about the film. It's a very different performance for Roth as he's allowed to go over the top and manic, but he makes himself very likable which is key as he is the only actor in every story. Antonio Banderas is very funny in a more conventional role, David Proval makes for a great nutcase, Jennifer Beals is good and Marisa Tomei is fun in her short appearance. While in the last story the trio of Tarantino, Paul Calderon and Bruce Willis are just brilliant.Overall rating: 8 out of 10.
fullheadofsteam
Some reviewers posting here go on and on and (yawn) on as to why they loved the movie, whining all the while that it deserved better reception among audiences. I will not bore anyone to tears with my take on it, but will keep it simple and succinct: 3 directors took Tarantino's bait, and became deliriously, selfishly and obliviously self-indulgent in making tripe. When 50% of a movie is bad, the entire project is spoiled, and the first two shorts of this 4-parter are so over-the-top in stupidity (the first being stupid in an immature, pubescent sense, and the second being stupid simply because it is pointless rambling and nonsense). Those reviewers who favor Rodriguez and Tarantino can do much better than to point to this film as some work of art, which it cannot be since it was only a kiddie playpen for 4 buddies, and at the end of the day their diapers need changing.