A Brooklyn smoke shop is the center of neighborhood activity, and the stories of its customers.
The film starts out like "Clerks" with its setting in a smoke shop, then gets a bit more like "Pulp Fiction" by focusing on different overlapping characters. This is slightly enhanced because Harvey Keitel happens to be in the film. And, of course, it is a Miramax film. Whether they put their style on a film or buy up pictures with that style, I do not know, but there was a definite mid-1990s Miramax look.
This is pretty satisfying overall, and a great role for William Hurt, who is a fine actor and often overlooked or forgotten. Harold Perrineau is great, too, and it is a real treat to see him before "Lost", the first time I was really aware of him (with all due respect to his parts in "King of New York" and "Romeo + Juliet").
The film starts out like "Clerks" with its setting in a smoke shop, then gets a bit more like "Pulp Fiction" by focusing on different overlapping characters. This is slightly enhanced because Harvey Keitel happens to be in the film. And, of course, it is a Miramax film. Whether they put their style on a film or buy up pictures with that style, I do not know, but there was a definite mid-1990s Miramax look.
This is pretty satisfying overall, and a great role for William Hurt, who is a fine actor and often overlooked or forgotten. Harold Perrineau is great, too, and it is a real treat to see him before "Lost", the first time I was really aware of him (with all due respect to his parts in "King of New York" and "Romeo + Juliet").