Holy Smoke

I cant believe I made it through this one. The whole thing was bad. It seemed like it could have been an internet you tube movie. Low budget, bad acting, and shocking vulgarity. Save your time and money - its not... Full review

Interesting story about love, but also tolerance of other's religious beliefs versus cult involvement. Better than Winslet's Hideous Kinky and much better than the fluffy Titanic--this is where its at for her fans. Also try Heavenly Creatures and Iris. As for... Full review

This movie was the greatest ever. The story line was also great. Kate Winslet did a GREAT job. She looked very sexy throughout the whole movie. I give the movie and actors and A+++++++++++++.... Full review

Campion's best movie, though I'm sure that not many would agree. This is a very entertaining, offbeat semi-drama that fluctuates incredibly between moments of seriousness and those of comedy, sometimes even slapstick(!). It's quite hard to understand what the Campion... Full review

Kate Winslet plays Ruth Barron, a young Australian woman who goes to India and becomes smitten with the touch of a charismatic guru, so much so that she changes her name and forsakes her family to stay in India and... Full review

You have to bear in mind that, as I write, it's been a while since I've seen this movie. For me, there is only one main reason to see this. Although the plot and story development are good. The reason is... Full review

This is a quirky comedy/drama featuring two fine actors baring all, literally in a silly game of wills.Film meanders and doesn't add up but is enjoyable to watch and at times pleasing to the eye.Lots and lots of dialogue-some biting and... Full review

I watched this movie based on others reviews. I must have been watching something totally different. The description talks about a man saving a girl from a cult. Which does happen in the first quarter of the movie. But the rest... Full review

The interesting and important themes dealt with make this movie well worth watching.First you think that it will be a simple educational movie about cult addiction and recovery - but then the plot starts to get complicated. Maybe even a... Full review

Be warned that this movie is nothing like the trailer (not a rare story, yet still). The trailer banks on the promise with which the movie starts, but this promise is completely squandered. If it hadn't left me feeling that... Full review

Campion remains a gifted pure filmmaker.....Eventually, one grows weary of the movie coyly batting its eyelashes at one tone or another.....It's not your ordinary bad movie;....Reading this, you may think Holy Smoke sounds interesting....it flirts with seriousness as well..... ... Full Review

Written with Campion's filmmaker sister Anna, "Holy Smoke" begins as a satire of the whole guru trip but moves swiftly to a bold struggle of a man and a woman to break through all the conventions that restrict a possible relationship between them. Titanic" has not diverted Winslet from taking risks, and it's not easy to imagine a young actress who could so convincingly hold her own on all levels with a formidable, endlessly resourceful pro like Keitel. ... Full Review

Unfortunately, it would not be "Holy Smoke!....After several degrading scenes of lust and debasement--Ruth does the nasty with P.J. one minute....Contains nudity, sex, obscenity and a scene of a big, strong man cold-cocking a defenseless woman.....From this point on the movie lurches from unintentional (I think) hilarity to wincing discomfort.....whether this reviewer had somehow fallen asleep and was stuck in the middle of one of Harvey Keitel's nightmares..... ... Full Review

On the other hand, the post-feminist dark comedy "Holy Smoke," with its many heavy-handed allusions and even more clumsy posturings, is pretentious. You read correctly - a dress! ... Full Review

Her strength is an inspiration; her performance is of such luminescence that it reaffirms her as the the best, most courageous actress working in the movies today. The film is rooted in reality, a real person's carefully described struggle. ... Full Review

WITCHES OF FREEDOM All through history you can see how women have been controlled; and if they break free, how they're rounded up as witches, or as insane, Jane Campion tells DIANA SIMMONDS, in a conversation about Campion's latest film,... ... Full Article

SYNOPSIS: An 18-year-old Sydneysider (from Sans Souci), Ruth Barron (Kate Winslet), goes to India on holiday with a friend and stays on after becoming entranced by a guru at his ashram. ... Full Article

Has Geoffrey Rush found a Wife ? According to the British industry trade Screendaily , the forthcoming magician adventure Smoke & Mirrors , which is set to star Michael Douglas and Catherine Zeta-Jones and will be directed by John McTiernan... ... Full Article

Friday December 3, 1999 "Holy Smoke," a high-risk, darkly comic triumph, is the most unabashedly outrageous movie Jane Campion has made since her debut, "Sweetie," a decade ago. ... Full Article

Picture this: Harvey Keitel, in the desert, dressed in nothing but a rather fetching red dress and some make-up.Now picture him chasing a young woman with books strapped to her feet, proclaiming his love to her. ... Full Article

Two films, Holy Smoke and The Third Miracle , both by respected women directors, both dealing in large religious themes, and both opening on the same day in these northern parts. ... Full Article