Review of Smoke Signals (1998) by Bridget-Aolani B — 07 Jun 2007

I could live off this movie, it has everything.

This review of Smoke Signals (1998) was written by Bridget-Aolani B on 07 Jun 2007.

Smoke Signals has generally received positive reviews.

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Beautiful movie, even with some minor...not flaws, exactly, but there were moments…

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It was better than I expected. It was assigned for a class, but now that I've seen it I would have watched it if I stumbled upon it…

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Flat movie with little comedy. This movie is incredibly boring…

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