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Four Rooms (1995)

Directed by:
Allison Anders
Alexandre Rockwell
Robert Rodriguez
Quentin Tarantino
COUNTRY
USA
Genre
Anthologi/Black comedy
NORWEGIAN TITLE
Four Rooms

RUNNING TIME
97 minutes

Produced by:
Lawrence Bender
Written by:
Allison Anders
Alexandre Rockwell
Robert Rodriguez
Quentin Tarantino


Cast includes:

CHARACTER ACTOR/ACTRESS RATING
Margaret Marisa Tomei -
Ted the bellbop Tim Roth ˝

THE MISSING INGREDIENT

Jezebel Sammi Davis -
Athena Valeria Golino -
Elspeth Madonna -
Eva Ione Skye -
Raven Lili Taylor -
Kiva Alicia Witt -

THE WRONG MAN

Sigfried David Proval ˝
Angela Jennifer Beals
Long Hair Yuppie Scum Lawrence Bender -

THE MISBEHAVERS

Husband Antonio Banderas
TV dancer Salma Hayek -

THE MAN FROM HOLLYWOOD

Chester Quentin Tarantino
Norman Paul Calderón -
Leo Bruce Willis

 

Review

Four Rooms suffers from its fact that it's an anthology film made by four different directors, which has made it highly variable both in quality and style. The glue to piece these four segments together seems to be missing, leaving that entire task to an energetic Tim Roth, who plays the porter in the hotel where these four rooms are located. The film starts off meagerly with two unimpressive segments. Allison Anders' "The Missing Ingredient" lacks punch and a satisfactory build-up; "The Wrong Man" is a misfire signed Alexandre Rockwell. It all picks up with Tarantino's "The Man from Hollywood" and particularly Rodriguez' "The Misbehavers" (a wonderfully written thing), but not quite enough to make this into solid movie escapism.

Copyright © 16.04.1997 Fredrik Gunerius Fevang
(English version: © 02.11.2022 Fredrik Gunerius Fevang)