Vonia Four Rooms (1995) Directors: Allison Anders, Alexandre Rockwell, Robert Rodriguez, Quentin Tarantino 4/10 An anthology film. 4 segments, 4 directors. A panoply of star cameos, some with many lines, some with a mere appearance. 1 Tim Roth. 1 topsy-turvy shambolic film. Frame Story (including two intervening shorts after the first and third segments, his calls with the party guests in Room 404 and his manager, Betty) could have been best story, but inconsistent; Tim Roth is hilarious at his best, a poor charade at worst. What is with his drunken bowlegs? Nevertheless, credit is due for his character and funny moments if you ignore the walk and over the top parts. Adored the subtle connections between the segments, a little little Easter eggs. (4/10) Honeymoon Suite, "The Missing Ingredient" felt like a burlesque comedy short. Roth's aforentioned foolish walk, the music and dancing for the coven's spell, all of it. Funny, but forgettable. Chaotic and ridiculous. Easy fun but little quality. (4/10) Room 409, "The Wrong Man" was similarly funny with little quality. This had less funny and more awkward laughs, though. Nonsensical plot idea that had the potential to become something enthralling, but was instead made into a farce. (3/10) Room 309, "The Misbehavers" was the best one, although definitely more over the top than necessary. In fact, probably the most ridiculous with the most elements of surprise including a fire, a huge syringe, said syringe used in darts, a dead whore. Unfortunately, Roth reaches his limit here and his already hyperbolic character gets even worse as he yells at these children, practically hyperventilating. Admittedly, these children might deserve some of it being nuisances that are endearingly intelligent about it. Everything that can go wrong, does. Mostly on a good way. Banderas saves the day, especially with his perfect last line: "Did they misbehave?" (5/10) Penthouse, "The Man From Hollywood" was quite the disappointment, coming from the biggest name in the film, Quentin Tarantino. Most of it is a complete waste of time, as mentioned by one of the characters. The reader is a thoroughly subpar, utterly non-Hitchcockian retelling of what the characters erroneously reference as "The Man from Rio", but is really "The Man from the South". An alcohol induced bet for a nice car. As long as he can light a Zippo ten times in a row. Otherwise, it will cost a finger. Literally. Roth is hired as the trigger man for $1,000. I will say that this segment is cleverly placed at the end, for the only redeeming detail is Roth's walk off ending, which could only be so simple yet so flawless now that his character, beyond done with his unexpectedly absurd night, has lost all fear and pretense. In this one scene, his nonsensical walk fits right in. (4/10) I have a soft spot for Anthology films. Apparently, only when done right. Four Rooms had all the elements. Sadly, with such shameful execution, the result leaves much to be desired. #FilmReview

diogomanuel I would bet that this movie was someone's dare. It is a joke from start to finish, and not in a good way.We want to laugh with it but we just end up with a giggle or two, mostly because of the embarrassment that we actually chose to see it. There is no coherent story line just a number of small segments glued together to make a movie. We don't see the point of it, and after some time we just give up and can't wait for it to end...What a waste of time! Avoid this one...

gridoon2018 "Four Rooms" was a big flop in 1995, considering its hip roster of stars and directors. It's not very hard to see why. The first of the four sketches contains a shocking twist (we see the bare breasts of Ione Skye but only the bust of Madonna!), but serves no other purpose. The second is even worse - in fact, it's the worst of the lot. The third and the fourth are improvements; they are both extremely laborious, but at least the payoffs are good. Quentin Tarantino delivers one memorable Tarantino ("one-minute", though it's longer than that) speech; Tim Roth delivers a spastic, manic performance that is also memorable as a landmark in (deliberate?) bad acting. *1/2 out of 4.

SnoopyStyle Ted (Tim Roth) is the bellhop at the old Mon Signor Hotel in Hollywood. Elspeth (Madonna), Athena (Valeria Golino), Jezebel (Sammi Davis), Raven (Lili Taylor), and Eva (Ione Skye) are a coven of witches trying to release the goddess Diana. Elspeth brought along her daughter Kiva (Alicia Witt). Husband and wife Siegfried (David Proval) and Angela (Jennifer Beals) are role playing a fantasy game. A couple (Antonio Banderas, Tamlyn Tomita) leave to go to a New Year's Eve party and has Ted watch their kids. Ted calls his boss Betty (Kathy Griffin) and have a long talk with Margaret (Marisa Tomei). Betty tells him about important famous director Chester Rush (Quentin Tarantino) in the penthouse.Tim Roth is going insane with his performance. His manic energy gives this a drive. However the disparate stories rambles on and on. It's a mess and not a compelling one. Tim Roth's strange act is weird but it gets tiresome. That's basically the whole movie. The witchy start is a simple sex romp. Beals and Proval are boring. The movie loses my interest. The kids are OK and they end with a fun scene. Then Tarantino loses me completely. There is maybe one passable story or one and a half at most. There are too many boring parts in this.