Four Rooms
A rookie bellhop endures four increasingly bizarre New Year's Eve crises inside a decaying Hollywood hotel.
Ember's analysis
- Pacing
- Brisk
- Intensity
- Moderate
- Complexity
- Easy to follow
- Violence
- Mild
- frantic
- irreverent
- darkly comic
- new year's eve viewing
- cult movie night
What critics said
Critics broadly regarded the anthology as an aggressive disappointment, while acknowledging that the Rodriguez segment delivered particularly effective physical comedy.
What sets it apart
May contain story progression spoilers
The four segments unfold across rooms and corridors of the Mon Signor Hotel during one New Year's Eve, with Ted linking the episodes.
Ted's first shift is defined by sight gags, frantic service errands, witches, children, and an increasingly chaotic wager.
Ted repeatedly accepts impossible assignments from witches, arguing hotel guests, gangsters, and gamblers.
The Mon Signor is described as a former grand Hollywood hotel fallen upon hard times, contrasting glamour with dysfunction.
Films like Four Rooms, and why
The Ballad of Buster Scruggs
episodic anthology structure, eccentric hotel setting, and heightened dark humor
Wild Tales
ensemble anthology comedy built from sharply contrasting segments and macabre comic situations
Tales from the Gimli Hospital
hotel-based episodic storytelling, farcical chaos, and adult comic tone
Movie Details
- Directors
- Allison Anders, Alexandre Rockwell, Robert Rodriguez, Quentin Tarantino
- Release Date
- 1995-12-09
- Runtime
- 98 min
- Rating
- 5.9 / 10 (2909)
Cast
- Tim Roth
- Jennifer Beals
- David Proval
- Ione Skye
- Madonna
- Antonio Banderas
- Quentin Tarantino
- Paul Calderon
- Bruce Willis
- Lana McKissack
Where to watch in United States
- Rent
- JustWatch TV, Amazon Video, Apple TV Store, Google Play Movies, YouTube, Fandango At Home, Spectrum On Demand
- Buy
- Amazon Video, Apple TV Store, Google Play Movies, YouTube, Fandango At Home
Streaming options come from TMDB and change over time.
Common questions
- What is Four Rooms about?
- A rookie bellhop endures four increasingly bizarre New Year's Eve crises inside a decaying Hollywood hotel.
- What is Four Rooms like to watch?
- Ember's analysis rates the pacing of Four Rooms as brisk, its intensity as moderate and its storytelling as easy to follow.
- Is Four Rooms violent?
- Only mildly. Ember rates the violence in Four Rooms as mild.
- What did critics think of Four Rooms?
- Critics broadly regarded the anthology as an aggressive disappointment, while acknowledging that the Rodriguez segment delivered particularly effective physical comedy.
- Which films are like Four Rooms?
- Films with a similar feel include The Ballad of Buster Scruggs, Wild Tales, and Tales from the Gimli Hospital.
- How long is Four Rooms?
- Four Rooms runs 98 minutes.
- Where can I watch Four Rooms?
- In United States, Four Rooms is available to rent or buy from JustWatch TV, Amazon Video, Apple TV Store, Google Play Movies, YouTube, Fandango At Home, Spectrum On Demand.
