I could say that it is like a failed experiment, which, like tobacco, only leaves a bad taste in the mouth. [Full review in Spanish]

| Original Score: 5/10 | Nov 21, 2024

What is virtuous in this context devoid of any logic is the fluidity between the different stories that make up the film... [Full review in Spanish]

| Original Score: 4/5 | Aug 7, 2024

Although it is not among the most successful works of its director, it has his seal, his imprint, his irruptions of physical humor and visual delirium. [Full review in Spanish]

| Original Score: 3/5 | Mar 18, 2024

Dupieux’s hilarious and horrifying new film Smoking Causes Coughing is an ironic breath of fresh air.

| Feb 1, 2024

With his eccentric sensibilities and wry humor, Dupieux has created a totally odd film featuring an unexpected and wildly inventive blend of satirical comedy, science fiction, and horror, and it’s my favorite thing he’s done so far.

| Dec 12, 2023

Quentin Dupieux pulls off another smart-stupid satire

| Original Score: 4/5 | Sep 20, 2023

Smoking Causes Coughing is shot with the pulse of someone who takes very seriously doing things well, and it achieves a song to the absurd... [Full review in Spanish]

| Original Score: 4/5 | Sep 13, 2023

Ultimately, even the most delicious and unique gum becomes flavorless after chewing it. Sadly, originality without limits isn't purposeful. [Full review in Spanish]

| Original Score: 3/5 | Sep 11, 2023

What begins as a superhero adventure -or something like that- soon becomes a matryoshka doll of short stories, each one more extravagant than the last. [Full review in Spanish]

| Original Score: 4/5 | Sep 7, 2023

Smoking Causes Coughing is gloriously insane and far from taking itself too seriously.

| Aug 24, 2023

Full of insane plot twists and without a tired trope in sight, Smoking Causes Coughing never approaches the realm of predictability — no small achievement in this era of superhero fatigue.

| Aug 18, 2023

If you’re OK with being destabilized and getting entertainment delivered in unconventional packaging, this is just the thing for you.

| Aug 1, 2023

For those with a nihilistic sensibility, there will be solace in the nothingness that comes from Smoking Causes Coughing, just a goofy grin from a good time had and the feeling that it is all one big joke.

| Jul 16, 2023

It’s always bizarre, sometimes funny and occasionally gross.

| Original Score: 3/5 | Jul 14, 2023

The audience with whom I saw the film hardly knew when to scream, either with laughter or with disgust. Writer-director Quentin Dupieux is a sick genius, which is meant as high praise.

| Jul 14, 2023

Despite all its red herrings, this entertaining anthology does have one compelling thematic throughline, in slackers finding themselves in extraordinary scenarios, only to primarily focus on the distractions of more ordinary human dilemmas.

| Original Score: 4/5 | Jul 12, 2023

A cut-price superhero film with a winningly juvenile sense of humour.

| Original Score: 4/5 | Jul 12, 2023

Dupieux’s deadpan presentation of gore, guts, and slime strengthens his absurdist credentials, and the cast’s understated delivery of each not-for-the-squeamish twist heightens the offbeat bits.

| Original Score: 4/5 | Jul 12, 2023

Consistently amusing scenes are underlined with silly details, clunky tech and a surprisingly heartfelt emotion. In the end, it feels a bit slight and corny, but its considerable charm is difficult to shake.

| Original Score: 3.5/5 | Jul 11, 2023

Unpredictable, digressive, looping and parenthetical in structure, Smoking Causes Coughing is one of the most formally daring and unexpected films of the year.

| Original Score: 4/5 | Jul 9, 2023