Smoke

This is a movie about storytelling. Stories that go up in smoke, but not to say weightless. Re the story of sir Walter Raleigh to queen Bess about the weighing of smoke. Everyone tells a story in this film; some... Full review

The characters are genuine, funny, sensitive, tragic... just human. They are sympathetic with their small weaknesses and their daily problems. The movie gives a realistic description of the daily life of ordinary people in Brooklyn. Brooklyn has the star role.... Full review

After I read the comments for Smoke, I was fascinated by the power of cinema while I realized that most of the people felt the same things as I did when they watched the movie. I watched Smoke several times without... Full review

After I read the comments for Smoke, I was fascinated by the power of cinema while I realized that most of the people felt the same things as I did when they watched the movie. I watched Smoke several times... Full review

Smoke is a good example of what independent film should be. A simple story told with simple direction with an outstanding story. As much as the story is interesting, the cast is just as good. William Hurt and Harvey Keitel... Full review

I'll try to make this short and sweet. This is simply one of the greatest movies I have ever seen. Even the credits can't be missed. Harvey Keitel and William Hurt are just unbelievable. Ashley Judd makes you want to... Full review

It's such a sad old feeling, the fields are soft and green it's memories that I'm stealing, but you're innocent when you dream when you dream, you're innocent when you dream ---Tom WaitsSmoke is a very difficult film to describe... Full review

Every once in a while, a film comes down the pike that is so refreshing, so rich, you'd swear it was inspired by some immortal spirit who condescended to take human form in order to share her perspective with us.... Full review

I cannot begin to convey the intellectual and spiritual riches of this exquisite, almost transcendental film. I have rarely seen a motion picture with better acting or a more literate, insightful script.Harvey Keitel, John Hurt, Stockard Channing, Ashley Judd, Forrest... Full review

SMOKE is a beautiful movie about nothing at all and at the same time about everything. I don´t even know how to describe it to someone, i guess it´s undescribable. It´s one of those rare movies that it has to... Full review

For those who enjoy this Russian doll-type mystery, "Travels in the Scriptorium" is a feast;....Then, a writer has the right to be judged from his best work.... ... Full Review

Surprisingly tender, he emanates a friendly, humanity- embracing glow and seems to connect with his character in ways that we've never seen him do before. ``Smoke'' is Wang's most delicate, optimistic and touching film since ``Dim Sum. ... Full Review

Pokey and episodic, "Smoke" is a lovely slow stroll with a few of those regulars. Smoke" doesn't go very deep, but it's pleasantly ruminative. Auster is a sly storyteller, though, and in "Smoke" he makes the deflations part of the movie's texture. ... Full Review

Story continues below A deceptively simple film, "Smoke" at first glance appears to be little more than an observation of intersecting lives, various and sundry characters who come and go from a Brooklyn tobacco shop run by Harvey Keitel. So it was a real treat to stumble upon "Smoke," which is not only composed of a series of terrific stories but in its own way seems to be about the art, or perhaps the necessity of storytelling in the lives of everyday people. ... Full Review

Smoke" becomes a little too taken with its own design and loses its momentum and vitality. But even toward the end, its main intention, which is to keep you wondering and entertained purely on the strength of tall tales, fresh characters and subtle mysteries, is always somewhere in the ether. ... Full Review

SMOKE SCREEN Holly Golightly In full-page advertisements that ran in the New York Times and Wall Street Journal Tuesday, Daines said that films showing tobacco use should be rated "R" unless they show the dangers of tobacco use or depict... ... Full Article

The directing-writing team of Wayne Wang and novelist Paul Auster simply didn't want to wrap ``Smoke'' and say farewell to the Brooklyn Cigar Co. where it was set, nor to a classy actor like Harvey Keitel. ... Full Article

As beguiling and as ephemeral as its titular namesake, Smoke is a movie that draws you in and lingers a while in your bloodstream. It's certainly not harmful to your system but like those darned cigarettes, Smoke leaves you wanting... ... Full Article

Film Threat checks out the backdoor and Arch Danielson does some ghostbusting. Summer movies take a shit - "The Pirate Movie," "Howard the Duck," "Greystoke: The Legend of Tarzan" and more. ... Full Article

Wayne Wang, USA 1995, 108 minutes Smoke, by Wayne Wang (The Joy Luck Club) and novelist Paul Auster (who wrote the book on which The Music Of Chance was based), is a film about words and what words mean to... ... Full Article

"Smoke," as defined by writer Paul Auster and director Wayne Wang ("Chan is Missing," "The Joy Luck Club") is a screen that obscures vision and understanding. ... Full Article