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Four Rooms
Four Rooms is a great story well told. Consisting of four separate acts, the plot is held together by one small but crucial character - Ted The Bellboy (Tim Roth on top form). The stories are set in four different rooms of a hotel on New Year's Eve. Most viewers will be attracted to the film by the latter two tales - "The Misbehavers" and "The Man From Hollywood" - which are directed by Robert "From Dusk Till Dawn" Rodriguez and Quentin Tarantino respectively. Whilst these are indeed the highlight of the movie (the former in particular contains a menacing but comic turn from Antonio Banderas) the first two tales should not be overlooked. Allison Anders' "The Missing Ingredient" is a story of four witches (led by chief witch Madonna) who need a vital ingredient that only Ted The Bellboy can provide. Alexandre Rockwell's "The Wrong Man" sees Ted mixed up in a twisted couple's sex game - by accident of course! Four Rooms really is a joy to watch and is over far too quickly. The good news is that on repeated viewings, you will consistantly spot things that you did not notice before. The movie reminded me a lot of Mystery Train (Jim Jarmusch, 1989) - a movie that is also set in a hotel and contains three different stories. I recommend renting both films together and spending an evening being told tales by some of today's greatest storytellers.
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