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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. #FilmReview

This film has an interesting premise - four separate rooms with four unique stories told by four different directors. The setup, however, collapses under its own weight, as the differing viewpoints and various styles just confuse each other, leading to an unsatisfying payoff.The directors are talented, the actors do their jobs just fine, but the gimmicky nature of the film makes it difficult to fully enjoy. It becomes kind of a circus. I'd say the best part is the finger scene at the end, but you have to get through the whole movie just for that.I would recommend viewing each directors' work separately, instead of this failed attempt to weave their styles together in a hotel setting.

"Four Rooms" was a big flop in 1995, considering its hip roster of stars and directors. It's not very hard to see why. The first of the four sketches contains a shocking twist (we see the bare breasts of Ione Skye but only the bust of Madonna!), but serves no other purpose. The second is even worse - in fact, it's the worst of the lot. The third and the fourth are improvements; they are both extremely laborious, but at least the payoffs are good. Quentin Tarantino delivers one memorable Tarantino ("one-minute", though it's longer than that) speech; Tim Roth delivers a spastic, manic performance that is also memorable as a landmark in (deliberate?) bad acting. *1/2 out of 4.

Quite different, with an unexpected story made up between four consecutive narratives. An incredible welcome of the new year with absolutely no predictable ending. Persons which appear on the screen surprise us one after another with their reputation and professionalism.Starting from the topic of the flesh immediately grabs our interest by asking us to assume more vulgar development. Then stuns with a familiar image in an atypical role and carries us into the world of children garnished with a dead hooker. And the end is even more unexpected, especially if you do not know anything about the movie. The action takes us to the top floor of the hotel room where we find him. This time, there is almost no blood, though the focus again is on death and pain.Maybe a little overstated but still I use it to make advertising of the place where I found out about it (https://www.facebook.com/sofest?fref=nf). I was impressed by the level of knowledge and headlines of movies that are shared there and decided to do an experiment whose result was quite successful. That is why I am moving on! You?http://vihrenmitevmovies.blogspot.com/