Four Rooms
Four Rooms
R | 25 December 1995 (USA)
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It's Ted the Bellhop's first night on the job...and the hotel's very unusual guests are about to place him in some outrageous predicaments. It seems that this evening's room service is serving up one unbelievable happening after another.

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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.

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nox09

1st room just painful to watch 2nd room again nothing interesting very bad 3rd room had some funny moments and 4th room is the only room you feel directors work , the ending shot was very good but that's it . the only thing that was really really good in the movie was the music and Tim Roths overacting if you like him you gonna enjoy it . everything else was just terrible especially first two rooms they just killed the movie and before you get into 3rd and 4th room you already want to quit........... this movie had sounds its gonna be fun and it had everything to be so but the result is complete opposite . Even Bruce Willis was not able to save this movie

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utgard14

Anthology comedy about a bellhop named Ted (Tim Roth), whose first night on the job has him meeting various characters and getting involved with their problems. I've heard about this one for years but never watched it because (a) the concept seemed lame and (b) the word-of-mouth on this was that it was awful. Having now watched it I can say that it does, in fact, stink.The first story, written and directed by Allison Anders, is a slight but amusing story about a coven of witches trying to perform a spell to resurrect a goddess. Each witch is responsible for bringing a certain ingredient for the spell but one witch (Ione Skye) was unable to get hers so she has one hour to get the ingredient so they can do the spell. I won't spoil what the ingredient is. You'll either laugh at it or find it childish and stupid. I chuckled so I guess I'm in the middle on the maturity scale. This was the best segment in the movie, although it ends abruptly.The second story, written and directed by Alexandre Rockwell, has Ted the bellhop delivering ice to the wrong room and being accused by the husband of having an affair with his wife (Jennifer Beals). There was something very familiar about this plot, although I can't seem to remember where I've seen it before. Anyway, it's not funny in the slightest. This is the worst of the four stories. The third story, from Robert Rodriguez, has the bellhop being paid to babysit Antonio Banderas' kids. He leaves them in the room alone with and they predictably get up to mischief. This segment isn't very funny either. It's like a more adult version of the kind of humor Rodriguez used in the Spy Kids movies.Quentin Tarantino writes, directs, and acts in the last story and this is probably why most people even watched this. Being a Tarantino fan, I was cautious about it because I've often heard this called his worst work. Quentin plays a movie director who places a bet with a friend. If the friend wins, he gets Quentin's car. If he loses, Ted the bellhop has to cut off his pinky finger. Pretty flimsy stuff. Very dialogue-heavy as you would expect from Tarantino, although nothing memorable. Quentin's acting is atrocious in this. To be fair, even a better actor wouldn't have made the crappy script work. Bruce Willis appears in this segment for free, resulting in a SAG dispute which is why he's not listed in the credits. This segment also features a ridiculous amount of F words, even for Tarantino.Overall, it's not a funny movie. Roth is very weak. He's obviously trying to be over-the-top with his comedy, like some kind of foul-mouthed Jerry Lewis. He just got on my nerves in every segment. He pulls out all of the cornball stops: rubberfacing, silly voices, slapstick, and everybody's favorite last resort: F bombs every other word. I didn't find him the least bit funny. There's enough of interest about the movie to at least watch it once. But it's not something I would watch again.

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Vihren Mitev

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/

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