X
- 1999
- R
- 1 h 55 m
- 1999
- R
- 1 h 55 m
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
- 1 h 55 m
- 1999
- R
- 1 h 55 m
Holy Smoke
57
8.0
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
Top Cast
Metascore
Mixed or Average
Based on 30 Critic Reviews
57
53% Positive
16 Reviews
16 Reviews
33% Mixed
10 Reviews
10 Reviews
13% Negative
4 Reviews
4 Reviews
Metascore
Mixed or Average
Based on 30 Critic Reviews
57
53% Positive
16 Reviews
16 Reviews
33% Mixed
10 Reviews
10 Reviews
13% Negative
4 Reviews
4 Reviews
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.
A quirky and satisfying love story.
User Score
Generally Favorable
Based on 22 User Ratings
8.0
77% Positive
17 Ratings
17 Ratings
9% Mixed
2 Ratings
2 Ratings
14% Negative
3 Ratings
3 Ratings
User Score
Generally Favorable
Based on 22 User Ratings
8.0
77% Positive
17 Ratings
17 Ratings
9% Mixed
2 Ratings
2 Ratings
14% Negative
3 Ratings
3 Ratings
Filled with flashy sight gags, overwrought performances, and madly overlapping dialogue.
In the end, Holy Smoke crashes and burns.
Winslet and Keitel are perfectly matched, go-for-broke actors handed dramatic license to do a psychic striptease.
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.
A forgivable error, but an error nonetheless.
Production Company
India Take One Productions,
Miramax
Release Date Dec 3, 1999
Duration 1 h 55 m
Rating R
Tagline Sex captive in desert hideaway...young beauty seduced by macho American twice her age.
Awards
Venice Film Festival
• 1 Win & 2 Nominations
Yoga Awards
• 1 Win & 1 Nomination
National Society of Film Critics Awards, USA
• 1 Nomination
