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  • 1995
  • R
  • Miramax
  • 1 h 52 m
  • 1995
  • R
  • Miramax
  • 1 h 52 m
Smoke

Summary A group of people's lives intertwine when a New York cigar store manager, Auggie (Keitel), befriends them. Among them is a writer who can't write (Hurt), a reluctant father hiding from his past (Whitaker), a streetwise teen with an unusual identity crisis, and Auggie's long-lost ex-girlfriend (Channing), who returns with some surprising ...

Directed By: Wayne Wang

Written By: Paul Auster

  • 1995
  • R
  • Miramax
  • 1 h 52 m
  • 1995
  • R
  • Miramax
  • 1 h 52 m

Smoke

Metascore Generally Favorable Based on 15 Critic Reviews
70
User Score Generally Favorable Based on 21 User Ratings
7.5
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Summary A group of people's lives intertwine when a New York cigar store manager, Auggie (Keitel), befriends them. Among them is a writer who can't write (Hurt), a reluctant father hiding from his past (Whitaker), a streetwise teen with an unusual identity crisis, and Auggie's long-lost ex-girlfriend (Channing), who returns with some surprising ...

Directed By: Wayne Wang

Written By: Paul Auster

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Metascore
Generally Favorable Based on 15 Critic Reviews
70
93% Positive
14 Reviews
0% Mixed
0 Reviews
7% Negative
1 Review

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Metascore
Generally Favorable Based on 15 Critic Reviews
70
93% Positive
14 Reviews
0% Mixed
0 Reviews
7% Negative
1 Review

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100
A sharply observant and witty film that plumbs unexpected depths of feeling.
By Peter Travers FULL REVIEW
78
Knockout ensemble performances like these don't come around all that often, though, and when they do they ought to be savored.
By Marjorie Baumgarten FULL REVIEW
75
A film of deceptive narrative wisps and intricate thematic curls.
By Rick Groen FULL REVIEW
75
The action is talky and philosophical but in sweet celebration of everyman going nowhere.
FULL REVIEW
70
A celebration of buddies and butts, it's an unconventionally structured, wonderfully acted group portrait of the regulars at a Brooklyn cigar store.
By Rita Kempley FULL REVIEW
70
Pretty to look at but contrived and somewhat stagy.
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30
Despite a certain grace in the dialogue and casual plot construction, this is positively reeking of a desire to be cheerful in the face of adversity.
By Jonathan Rosenbaum FULL REVIEW

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User Score
Generally Favorable Based on 21 User Ratings
7.5
81% Positive
17 Ratings
10% Mixed
2 Ratings
10% Negative
2 Ratings

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User Score
Generally Favorable Based on 21 User Ratings
7.5
81% Positive
17 Ratings
10% Mixed
2 Ratings
10% Negative
2 Ratings

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Production Company Miramax, NDF International, Euro Space, Internal, Smoke Productions
Release Date Jun 9, 1995
Duration 1 h 52 m
Rating R
Genres
Tagline Where there's smoke... there's laughter!
Website http://www.miramax.com/movie/smoke
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Awards

Film Independent Spirit Awards
• 1 Win & 2 Nominations
Berlin International Film Festival
• 1 Win & 2 Nominations
David di Donatello Awards
• 1 Win & 2 Nominations

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