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Holy Smoke
1999
· Movie
· 115 min
D
MEANRANK
56/100
Every rating
47–64
out of 100
Mostly agreed
Lowest is Rotten Tomatoes critics on 47, highest is Letterboxd on 64.
See the films the platforms disagree about most →While on a journey of discovery in exotic India, beautiful young Ruth Barron falls under the influence of a charismatic religious guru. Her desperate parents then hire PJ Waters, a macho cult de-programmer who confronts Ruth in a remote desert hideaway. But PJ quickly learns that he's met his match in the sexy, intelligent and iron-willed Ruth.
Details
- Director
- Jane Campion
- Writers
- Anna Campion, Jane Campion
- Studio
- Jan Chapman Productions, Miramax
- Released
- 4 September 1999
- Country
- Australia, United States
- Language
- English
- Runtime
- 115 min
- Rated
- R
- Budget
- $15.0M
- Box office
- $1.8M
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