Review of Holy Smoke

Holy Smoke (1999)
7/10
Feminine, Masculine and the search of of self
26 October 2006
When I need to watch a movie for several times it gets to my nerve to understand why.

This movie I find courageous. You find all mixed themes like age, gender and transient beliefs all together exposed and not judged.

Don't judge, you are human, we' re born and we need to understand why are we here (on earth, in reality) but with all gender and age complexities.

It is hard not to fall in love with Winslet character (or the actress anyway). Her young wisdom, the cynic view of her bourgeois family in middle class Australia gives this youngster a sudden wisdom easy to get attached to.

Harvey Keitel makes a superb strong yet stupidly weak and sensitive macho. But women get their lower ego with Winslet's character cousin. A wanna'be lowlife star digger that can't see the world ahead, a married suburb disaster.

Sorry to get into the story, but this movie is made for a longer reflection than the previous comments I've read.

I highly recommend this picture, specially for people who finds that moment when you look back and feel you have not done nothing with a real value.

It is also a good movie to invite a younger date. Jejeje movie joke
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