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- 20th Century90s
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Holy Smoke!, 1999
English
USA, Australia
Profile of Holy Smoke!
The mood of Holy Smoke! is clever, sexual, and witty. The plot centers around a battle of the sexes, self discovery, and psychological motives. It features satire and irreverent humor. Holy Smoke! is a drama and comedy movie. In approach, it is realistic. The setting is Australia and India. Holy Smoke! happens in the 1990s. The movie is known for being a Venice Festival winner. Note that it includes strong sexual content, nudity, and profanity.
Summary of Holy Smoke!
In this wildly inventive film from director Jane Campion (THE PIANO), Kate Winslet stars as Ruth, a headstrong Australian woman determined to get back to India in time to join a group marriage to her guru. Her family, hoping to break the cult leader's psychic grip on Ruth, hires P.J. (Harvey Keitel), a macho American deprogramming expert teetering on the brink of a nervous breakdown. A no-holds-barred battle of the psyches, cultures, and sexes ensues as P.J. and Ruth fight, connive, and eventually fall into bed together in what becomes a mutual search for individual truth. The strong performances of the two stars, a hilariously offbeat script (cowritten by Campion and her sister, Anna), and a wealth of delicious, texture-enhancing flourishes (including some surreal bits of computer animation, Pam Grier's work in a small role as P.J.'s partner, and a wild opening sequence set to Neil Diamond's "Holly Holy") combine to make HOLY SMOKE! a weird, winning blend of goofy comedy and hallucinatory mysticism.
Details
| Language: | English |
| Country: | USA, Australia |
| Release date: | 8 October 1999 |
| Runtime: | 115 min |
Cast and Crew
as Ruth Barron
as PJ Waters
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Critics Reviews
Salon.com
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- by: Mary Elizabeth Williams
San Francisco Chronicle
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- by: Bob Graham
Users Reviews
- 10.January.2011
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- by: Netflowers
- Netflowers rated this movie
10/10Must See
