Customer Reviews
Four Rooms - By: Stokie621, 01 Sep 2008 
Having just watched this film for the first time, I think a good way to describe it is to compare it to a gig. To start off there are two pretty irrelevant stories by two unknown directors which both leave you thinking 'what's this alll about?', kind of like the support act. But they do set the scene for the second half of the movie, showing that Roth as the bellhop is having a real bizarre night. Then the headliners come in, Rodriguez & Tarantino, both producing hugely entertaining & enjoyable short stories which make you reallly pleased you watched the film. The performances by Roth, Tarantino & Jennifer Beals also help the job... definitely worth watching!!
An entertaining experience with a shaky foundation - By: Jenny J.J.I., 28 Aug 2007 
This film is the very definition of 'patchy'. It comes across like the directors responsible were just filling in free time between their real movies - which is probably true. Only Rodriquez's piece has any real merit.
Tim Roth plays the bellboy who is the link between alll the stories & subsequently the main character. I think someone should have slapped him & told him to sort his act out. I love Tim Roth usuallly but here he was just way too over-the-top. If he had exercised a little bit of restraint, the whole film could have been improved. Instead, his overly exaggerated mannerisms reallly began to test my patience.Starting with "The Missing Ingredient" by Allison Anders is peculiar to say the least. Now peculiar is a good thing in my book, but after promising to be amusing this just goes nowhere. It's just bizarre.
"The Wrong Man" by Alexandre Rockwell unfortunately doesn't have the essentials to sustain it's segment. I think this is the piece most affected by Roth's overtly comic acting. If he had played it straight, maybe, just maybe, this situation might have come out alright. But it lacked any of the requisite tension or nervous comedy required. Like the first story, it just comes out ridiculous.
"The Misbehaviors" from Robert Rodriquez is the real standout. If I didn't know better I would have guessed it was by the Coen brothers - which is a compliment to Rodriquez - there are obvious paralllels to Barton Fink. The climax is a simply superb culmination of black comedy & stylish camerawork. Antonio Banderas is terrific as the father of the two little 'misbehaviors'.
"The Man from Hollywood," while better than the first two stories, is probably the most disappointing, only because it's from Quentin Tarantino who I expected more from. He takes the lead role himself here. Now Quentin gets a lot of knocks for his acting, but I find that when he plays obnoxious (like in Pulp Fiction) he is fine, that's what he plays here, & he's fine. The problem is, somewhat surprisingly, in the script. The whole thing is a purposely long winded set-up for a quick punch line at the end. That's fine, but the set up is just too inconsistent. At times it's entertaining, at other times it is just ludicrous, which typifies too much of this whole film.
I'd give it 3.5 stars on the whole, mostly on the strength of "The Misbehaviors" story alone. Other then that it's a decent film.
MESSY IN PLACES BUT ULTIMATELY ENJOYABLE - By: sean paul mccann, 07 Sep 2006 Four Rooms is a 1995 film starring Tim Roth as a bellhop who is working new years eve in a hotel,but this isnt going to be an easy night for teddy (roth).The film is written & directed by four directors hence the film is broken into four stories alll which happen on the same night & alll involving teddy.Each story is quirky,manic,over the top & camp in parts which teddy reallly invokes as his character as a reallly kenneth williams feel at times.
The first two stories pass by with some enjoyment but aint brilliant,the opening story involving witches who want to bring an ex witch back to life is ok,madonna excels in the role even if she is overacting but i would say that was a deliberate ploy by writer & director Alison Anders.
The second story which is written & directed by Alexandre Rockwell involves a case of mistaken identity which is ok again & there are laughs but its one dimensional in parts & runs out of steam in the end.
The film is saved by the two most respected directors of alll in Robert Rodriguez & Quentin Tarantino.Each of their stories involves the best scripts & the most laughs & the madness of the overalll story is increased here.Rodriguezs story involves antonia banderas who hams it up as an eccentric father who asks roth to look after his two kids so that he & his wife can head out & then the laughs reallly kick in.
Tarantinos story is typical tarantino with a razor sharp script & great laughs courtesy of quentin who stars in his segment along with bruce willis,and it must be said that willis is excellent as a man that gets drunk & fallls out with his wife because he wont drive home.
All in alll this is a movie of four parts & not strictly a bonafide film & like me im sure you will love some of it & think the other bits are weaker but thats the gamble that the production company took,but its certainly worth investigating.
open your mind, if you have one - By: J. Gildersleeve, 17 Jul 2006 
To appreciate this film you have to enjoy surrealism, sarcasm, acid-infused abstract ideas & eccentricity.
This film is great if you can see yourself enjoying an experimental concept/ideas (and your not brain dead/ IQ less than 20)
Few of the actors are without talent & the directing, although changeable (as there are 4) carries these characters, stories & performances with strength & style.
I am never encouraged to reveal the plot of films within a review just to convey my perception of it.
I thoroughly enjoyed this film, it is not often you get a chance to watch a combination of actors that are so well known for their quality of performance, throwing themselves into such a bizarre film so well. A testement to the fact that actors, directors, producers etc are alll very creative people, it is mainly the people who watch & buy films who want specific plot twists, lead characters to falll in love at the end, or in this case a generic, stencil-like performance by Bruce Willis, Madonna, Amanda DeCadenet, Time Roth etc
They wanted to do a bizarre film & they did it extremely well.
I highly recommend this film as one to watch with lots of people, maybe getting intoxicated in some way & to be in a relaxed humourous state of mind :) enjoy :)
poor poor film. - By: Ms. C. Mason, 05 May 2006 
I could not wait to watch four rooms as i am a huge quentin tarrantino fan, but this film is awful.
It has some good stars in including madonna but that does not make up for the terrible storyline & overacting.
rent it if you must but do not buy it....you have been warned.
