Holy Smoke
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Metascore
57 out of 100

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User Score
7.1 out of 10

Generally favorable reviews- based on 9 Ratings

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  • Starring: Harvey Keitel, Kate Winslet
  • Summary: An Australian family is trying to rescue their daughter (Winslet) who has been lured into a cult. Her family introduces her to an American deprogrammer (Keitel) who finds himself falling in love with her in the process.

Critic Reviews

Score distribution:
  1. Positive: 16 out of 30
  2. Mixed: 10 out of 30
  3. Negative: 4 out of 30
  1. Chicago Tribune
    Reviewed by: Michael Wilmington
    88
    As much fun as anything director/co-writer Jane Campion has ever filmed. Holy Smoke lets it all hang out.
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  2. L.A. Weekly
    Reviewed by: F. X. Feeney
    80
    What transpires is so rich that I've seen this movie three times. The joy of being involved with two wholly truthful (if colorfully fucked up) characters is that exhilarating.
  3. Mr. Showbiz
    Reviewed by: Michael Atkinson
    60
    It's not a movie you could call dispassionate, however aimless and unfocused. It's a Molotov cocktail tossed in several directions at once.
  4. New York Post
    Reviewed by: Jonathan Foreman
    38
    It lurches ineptly from lame comedy to hokey melodrama.
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Score distribution:
  1. Positive: 3 out of 4
  2. Mixed: 0 out of 4
  3. Negative: 1 out of 4
  1. lancek
    3
    A possibly very powerful premise is turned into misdirected, pathetic joke by the end. A total embarrassment for Keitel and Campion. Someone need to take this idea and remake it into a real movie. I give it a three only for scenery and color.… Expand

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