Holy Smoke (2000) Critic Reviews

Sexy, snotty, vulnerable and above all contentious, she's (Winslet) the catalyst in a movie that creates more man-woman electricity than any other movie this year.Read the full review

At once hilarious and serious, cruel and tender, and bristling with vitality, Holy Smoke is the right movie for the millennium, envisioning new possibilities in the way people view and relate to one another.Read the full review

If this is an example of Australian live-and-let- live, it is very likable.Read the full review

Too tightly made not to keep you watching, Holy Smoke is also too hokey and didactic to take seriously.Read the full review

In the end, Holy Smoke crashes and burns.Read the full review

A smaller picture like this, shot out of the mainstream, has a better chance of being quirky and original. And quirky it is, even if not successful.Read the full review

As Holy Smoke moves from its early mix of rapture and humor into this more serious, confrontational stage, it runs into trouble.Read the full review

Original in every sense.Read the full review