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  • 1999
  • R
  • Miramax
  • 1 h 55 m
  • 1999
  • R
  • Miramax
  • 1 h 55 m
Holy Smoke

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.

Directed By: Jane Campion

Written By: Anna Campion, Jane Campion

  • 1999
  • R
  • Miramax
  • 1 h 55 m
  • 1999
  • R
  • Miramax
  • 1 h 55 m

Holy Smoke

Metascore Mixed or Average Based on 30 Critic Reviews
57
User Score Generally Favorable Based on 21 User Ratings
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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.

Directed By: Jane Campion

Written By: Anna Campion, Jane Campion

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Metascore
Mixed or Average Based on 30 Critic Reviews
57
53% Positive
16 Reviews
33% Mixed
10 Reviews
13% Negative
4 Reviews

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Metascore
Mixed or Average Based on 30 Critic Reviews
57
53% Positive
16 Reviews
33% Mixed
10 Reviews
13% Negative
4 Reviews

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88
Sexy, snotty, vulnerable and above all contentious, she's (Winslet) the catalyst in a movie that creates more man-woman electricity than any other movie this year.
By Mike Clark FULL REVIEW
75
A quirky and satisfying love story.
By Ann Hornaday FULL REVIEW

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User Score
Generally Favorable Based on 21 User Ratings
8.0
76% Positive
16 Ratings
10% Mixed
2 Ratings
14% Negative
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Generally Favorable Based on 21 User Ratings
8.0
76% Positive
16 Ratings
10% Mixed
2 Ratings
14% Negative
3 Ratings

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70
Filled with flashy sight gags, overwrought performances, and madly overlapping dialogue.
By J. Hoberman FULL REVIEW
63
In the end, Holy Smoke crashes and burns.
By Jay Carr FULL REVIEW
60
Winslet and Keitel are perfectly matched, go-for-broke actors handed dramatic license to do a psychic striptease.
By Maitland McDonagh FULL REVIEW
50
Wrestles with big questions, gets the upper hand during the first hour, then loses its grip. By the end, it's flat on its back on the mat.
By Lawrence Toppman FULL REVIEW
20
A forgivable error, but an error nonetheless.
By Marc Savlov FULL REVIEW
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Production Company India Take One Productions, Miramax
Release Date Dec 3, 1999
Duration 1 h 55 m
Rating R
Genres
Tagline Sex captive in desert hideaway...young beauty seduced by macho American twice her age.
Website https://www.miramax.com/movie/holy-smoke/
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Awards

Venice Film Festival
• 1 Win & 2 Nominations
Yoga Awards
• 1 Win & 1 Nomination
National Society of Film Critics Awards, USA
• 1 Nomination

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