Smoke. Critic Reviews

A sharply observant and witty film that plumbs unexpected depths of feeling.Read the full review

Each conversation has at least one memorable line, and it's always delivered in such a casual manner that it blends right in.Read the full review

A beguiling film about words, secrets and tobacco.Read the full review

A showcase for Wang's greatest strengths as a film maker: a chance to explore friendships, connections and random serendipities.Read the full review

The best vignette, at the very end of the film, is the story Auster originally wrote for a newspaper as a Christmas piece, the one that inspired Wang to make Smoke in the first place. It's the one you'll want to inhale.Read the full review

A celebration of buddies and butts, it's an unconventionally structured, wonderfully acted group portrait of the regulars at a Brooklyn cigar store.Read the full review

Too often goes off on a tangent with unessential anecdotes and then fails to deliver in more important areas.Read the full review

A wonderfully unhurried and precious yarn.Read the full review