Smoking Causes Coughing

Smoking Causes Coughing

Directed by Quentin Dupieux

Produced by Chi-Fou-Mi Productions, Gaumont

202277 min6.0 / 10

A wildly absurdist, genre-hopping comedy that uses surreal storytelling and irreverent humor to explore a dysfunctional superhero team's retreat.

After a devastating battle against a diabolical turtle, a team of five avengers — known as the "Tobacco Force" — is sent on a mandatory retreat to strengthen their decaying group cohesion, where they share scary stories the film depicts. Their storytelling sojourn goes wonderfully well until Lézardin, Emperor of Evil, decides to annihilate planet Earth.

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  • Is Smoking Causes Coughing sad? Barely. Less sad than 80% of films.

  • Is Smoking Causes Coughing scary? Barely. Less frightening than 76% of films.

  • Is Smoking Causes Coughing easy watching? About average. Almost exactly mid-range.

  • Is Smoking Causes Coughing violent? About average. Almost exactly mid-range.

  • Does Smoking Causes Coughing 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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