Check this movie out for Kate Winslet.
Director John Turturro likes exaggeration and larger-than-life characters, and that's what he gets from Winslet, who bounces through this blue collar musical as the colorfully horny and filthy mistress of James Gandolfini who's nonetheless looking for love. The whole film is beyond quirky, but it's passionate and interesting and a lot of fun - a musical in which the characters sing along with pop songs - such as Susan Sarandon's betrayed wife howling along with Janis Joplin's "Piece of My Heart" and Christopher Walken sharing his own tale of woe through Tom Jones' "Delilah" - to express themselves in ways that they can't with words alone. Turturro's heroic struggle to bring it to the screen in the first place is compelling enough, so reward his efforts and talents by giving this one a rental. Or just buy the thing, because you'll want to watch Winslet warble more than once.
Watch the trailer for Romance and Cigarettes.
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