Harvey Keitel, Kate Winslet, Pam Grier

Ruth, a beautiful young Australian, went to India in search of answers and found herself quickly seduced by a mysterious world completely different from her own. When news reached her family, they im...( read more  read more... )agined the worst, so they hired a top American cult buster to bring her back. This young seeker is turning the tables on this spiritual pro and leading him into an all-out test of wills and game of temptation.

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R, 1 hr. 56 min.

Directed by: Jane Campion

Release Date: January 14, 2000

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DVD Release Date: December 4, 2001

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  • September 10, 2007
    Kate shows bravery and acting chops beyond any that I've seen in this film.
  • November 7, 2006
    Odd, but good.
  • April 8, 2008
    Great, underrated comedy from Campion. Keitel is amazing as the cool cult deprogrammer who by the end is the most pathetic fool in the world. A really fun and funny film.
  • October 8, 2006
    Okay, first off, Harvey Keitel is fearless. Seeing him in this movie just makes me respect him even more for what he'll go through for a role. But even with that said the movie was sub par; it had a great idea, and could have done a lot with it, but unfortunately it came up rath...( read more)er short and wasn't that inspiring or philosophical (which I thought it was going to be). The first half was fairly decent, but the second half just got weird and was slightly uncomfortable to watch. It also ended rather ubruptly and with hardly anything resolved. Winslet was great, Keitel was. . . interesting, but it's not really a movie I'd want to watch more than once or twice.
  • July 19, 2009
    one of the best movies i have ever seen
  • June 6, 2009
    I feel the need to re-watch this one.
  • April 11, 2009
    good film that makes you really wonder what it is really about. and at the end of it you realize that its not just a simple story you watched because it made you wonder about yourself too. do i make any sense? =) i guess you should it to understand what i'm talking about.
  • February 9, 2009
    good story and performances
  • January 17, 2009
    First of all, I have yet to see a movie with Kate Winslet that I dont enjoy. Winslet can convey emotions and create flawless characters very well, and each one of her characters are as interesting and different as the ones she had played before them.
    Secondly, Jan Campion is a g...( read more)ood director and OI loved her timeless romantic movie "The Piano".
    In saying this, "Holy Smoke" was "GOOD". just good. It had a nice story. It was well acted. It didn't bore me even for a tiny millisecond. But, it just didn't pass the boundary between good and excellent. I don't know why's that, but it just didnt/ Not for me at least!
  • January 9, 2009
    No thankyou - Not interested.

Critic Reviews


January 1, 2000
Roger Ebert, Chicago Sun-Times

The film isn't really about cults at all, but about the struggle between men and women, and it's a little surprising, although not boring, when it turns from a mystic travelogue into a feminist parable. full review

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