Movie

Sticks

1998 · 92 min

A wry, offbeat caper that mixes smoky noir atmosphere with quirky romance and low-level mob chaos.

Overview: Sticks is an off-beat noir comedy about a smugglar of Cuban cigars who gets involved, and ultimately falls in love, with a Cuban revolutionary who's in the U.S. trading cigars for guns. The two join forces to sell a large (stolen) shipment of Castro's private label cigar, the famed "El Mariposa", and suddenly they find themselves enmeshed in the seedy underbelly of a mob-run cigar smuggling ring that's being monitored by the feds.
How it feels: Cynical, satirical, romantic and absurd. Measured and needs your attention.
About: Crime, betrayal, identity, love
Content: Strong language. Mild violence, gore and sexual content.
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Tone: cynicalstrength 2 of 3
satiricalstrength 2 of 3
romanticstrength 2 of 3
absurdstrength 1 of 3
Pacing: measured, 2 of 4, from slow-burn to relentless
Attention: engaged, 3 of 4, from background-friendly to demanding
Themes: crime
betrayal
identity
love
politics
Places: big city
Era: contemporary
Audience: adult
Form: None
Content intensity: Gore mild
Language strong
Violence mild
Sex mild