4/5 Don't explect PLAZA SUITE - this is NOT a comedy
  by BhamGhostwriter (Birmingham, Alabama)
Although a couple of the many stories (perhaps too many?) seem slight, the film on the whole is well done. But prospective purchasors should NOT be thinking in terms of comedies like PLAZA SUITE which have used this same hotel room "set-up." For the most part, this is a real downer and not for those who are looking for laughs.

The segment about the two gay guys - the reason I bought the movie - was especially heartbreaking. There were no winners in that story: certainly not the 2 closeted lovers who THOUGHT they could pull the wool over the collective eyes of their small hometown AND over the eyes of the "naive" fiance of the one who had just returned from World War 2. However, I doubt the self-jilted bride-to-be thought of herself as "winning" either even as she outed them to the house detective. This is probably a fairly accurate depiction of the "Scylla and Charybdis" plight of gay soldiers returning from WW2: a loveless cover marriage on one hand or constant fear of exposure and arrest on the other. A sad story.

4/5 Inter-twined
  by J. Phillips (Surrey, BC)
This movie I saw back at least 5 years ago. I was enthrolled by the plot line and I've seen the movie at least 6 times. The way that all stories end up looping back to one another and makes the story whole. There were many amazing performances within this film and I recommend it to anyone who likes to figure out the plot line before it happens.

4/5 A unique screenplay that yields surprising results!
  by KerrLines (Baltimore,MD)
You may think that you have seen this screenplay before;one hotel room with different people occupying it at different times...but you haven't!

The genius in this Canadian Indie is in the precise manner in which each of these vignettes is started,stopped and then resumed.Room 720 is the room of a Cosmopolitan Hotel that has had several different things occur in it from 1921 to 2000.Seven distinct stories are told and each starts,gives a little info,and then flits to another time period and different characters.The fact that each of these tales are completely resolved is a testimony to director and script writer David Weaver who pulls it off!Each story is unique and quite involving.The characters and the emotional force of each are surprisingly well defined in such a small space of time.4.5 stars.For those who love unique,one-of-a-kind films,do not bypass this one.

5/5 Century Hotel the movie
  by Kimberly Ann Twotrees (Bakersfield, CA)
Great movie to watch. You have to watch the whole thing form the beginning or you could get lost. David Hewlett was great.

4/5 An interesting, quircky movie
  by dossier (Little Rock, AR United States)
Century Hotel is a movie about a hotel room, and seven stories about the people who have stayed in Room 720 over nearly a century. The writers and director made conscious decisions about the cinematic styles for each era, and even though none of the stories was very long by necessity, they brought the moment into the light and gave you enough for you to hang your imagination on. They went for edgy and succeeded in some ways with stories about love, betrayal, beginnings and endings. The stories are told through the characters' actions and dialog, and you're allowed to draw your own conclusions about what went on after.

I liked Century Hotel, it was a fine freshman effort that came in under $750,000. The DVD is nicely done, with a commentary track that is a tiny bit pretentious, but overall they do have a few things to say about the film. The short "Moon Palace" was worth the cost of the DVD.