Romance & Cigarettes

Romance & Cigarettes

Directed by John Turturro

Produced by United Artists, Icon Entertainment International

2005105 min6.0 / 10

A jukebox musical that uses 1980s New York working-class life and surreal musical numbers to explore infidelity, desire, and marital upheaval with equal parts irreverence and melancholy.

Ironworker Nick lives with his wife, Kitty, and three daughters. When he meets a significantly younger woman, Tula, he starts an affair with her, much to the chagrin of his wife, and his life is thrown into upheaval. Kitty kicks Nick out of the house, and he is forced to make some difficult decisions.

Questions people ask

  • Is Romance & Cigarettes sad? Yes. More sad than 75% of films.

  • Is Romance & Cigarettes scary? Not especially. Less frightening than 65% of films.

  • Is Romance & Cigarettes violent? About average. Almost exactly mid-range.

  • Is Romance & Cigarettes easy watching? About average. Almost exactly mid-range.

  • Does Romance & Cigarettes end with hope? About average. Almost exactly mid-range.

These describe how the film comes across, measured across the whole film and compared with other well-known films. They are not a content list — nothing here was counted or checked scene by scene, so for age-suitability or specific content use a classification board or a dedicated content-warning service.

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