Romance and Cigarettes is fantabulous. When John Turturro and the Coen brothers get together the only thing left to do is wet yourself.
This is a love story musical. The kind of love you find in working-class America. What kind is that, you ask. The kind of love that exists between a fat man and his whore. Followed, of course, by the love between the fat man and his wife later on.
The story is rich in dialogue and the incorporation of the songs is a nice touch. Christopher Walken shows up and loves Elvis way too much, not to mention loves sex way too much, and the idea of Steve Buscemi talking about circumcision, porn stars, wanting to have sex with fat girls and living at home, all of which, by the way, occurs on top of a bridge, is perhaps the most tantalizing idea I've ever come across.
James Gandolfini, The Don himself, is the man who falls in love with his red-headed whore and then falls out of love with said whore only to return to his wife, Susan Sarandon. He decides that perhaps his troubles will go away if he gets circumcised. So he gets surgery.
Mandy Moore hangs out in the movie as part of a band and daughter to the fat man who loves his whore, she does exactly what you would expect from someone like Mandy Moore; sing a little, act a little-bit littler, look nice.
The whore of the story is none other than Kate Winslet. Heck yes, about time we saw her get some down and dirty roles. Her character is unforgettable and everything she says makes you laugh, not to mention turns you on - sort of.
In the end, we are left with a tragic love story where the middle class have only each other. Who else can they love? Who else will love them?
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