Holy Smoke

Name: Holy Smoke
Genre: Drama, Comedy
Released: December 3, 1999
Duration: 115 min
Rating: 57
Cast: Harvey Keitel, Kate Winslet

1999

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Miramax Films | Release Date: December 3, 1999 | R

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.

Director: Jane Campion

Genre(s): Drama, Comedy

Rating: R

Runtime: 115 min

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Michael Wilmington

As much fun as anything director/co-writer Jane Campion has ever filmed. Holy Smoke lets it all hang out.

Kevin Thomas

At once hilarious and serious, cruel and tender, and bristling with vitality, Holy Smoke is the right movie for the millennium, envisioning new possibilities in the way people view and relate to one another. Read full review

Owen Gleiberman

Too tightly made not to keep you watching, Holy Smoke is also too hokey and didactic to take seriously. Read full review

Curtis Morgan

In a movie packed with broad humor, the best jokes are so small they're easy to overlook.

Mary Elizabeth Williams

Kate Winslet is a mesmerizing force in her own right, but too much of Holy Smoke turns out to be hot air. Read full review

Lawrence Toppman

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. Read full review

Michael O'Sullivan

There's so much wrong with this movie. Read full review

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Apr 27, 2021

This review contains spoilers, click expand to view. Kate Winslet has said in an interview years later that, while she has performed nude, including full frontal, for this and several films, she actually hates doing it. She doesn't fathom why films require nudity and can't bear knowing everyone on set is leering at her body. So when the scene comes up, she says "Oh screw it let's just do it!" Then she disrobes and gets the job done as quickly as possible. In another interview, she said that she had second & third thoughts about all those nude scenes. "I can't keep getting away with it," Winslet said. "I don't want to become that actress who always gets her kit off.'" But even Winslet knows that she keeps breaking her vow to keep her clothes on. "It definitely makes me the hypocrite of the decade," she admitted. "I'm going to stop saying it."… Expand

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lancek

Jun 17, 2008

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.

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