Review of Holy Smoke (1921) by Sylvia G — 10 Jan 2008

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This review of Holy Smoke (1921) was written by Sylvia G on 10 Jan 2008.

Holy Smoke has generally received positive reviews.

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By John C (2,737) on 02 Jul 2008

An interesting movie from the stand point of the struggles between PJ (Keitel) and Ruth (Winslet) characters…

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By Tony E (138) on 04 Jan 2010

Odd, awkward, funny, scattershot, sensual. Not for everyone…

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By Mike T (1,122) on 27 Apr 2009

Although this movie lacks in coherent ideas, it managed to keep me interested the whole way through…

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By Pam C (46) on 02 Mar 2009

Is this a stinker or what? I think I rented this by mistake…

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By Jonathan Rosenbaum (1,657) for Chicago Reader (7,190) on 26 Apr 2012

All sorts of questions go unanswered, and there's little of the density found in Campion's early work; this is mainly smoke, not fire…

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By Mark S (2,772) on 07 Oct 2011

Harvey Keitel and Kate Winslet work beautifully together, but I wish there was a little more to the film…

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By Hernan F (16) on 05 Mar 2009

Didn't get it. Kate is so young in this film, but great acting on her part…

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By Adam K (1,533) on 04 May 2014

While it has an interesting premise, I feel the film suffers greatly from an identity crisis…

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By Theo H (19) on 18 Dec 2011

Kate Winslet is absolutely brilliant and gives possibly the best performance by a non-Australian as an Australian with perfect accent…

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By Michelle C (871) on 05 Apr 2009

Decent little comedic cat and mouse movie between a cynical agnostic and born again , not to be taken seriously. Harvey revels in his role…

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