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Smoke

1995 1h 52m
Comedy Drama
MOVIEVIBE Rating
7.2/10
549 reviews
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Smoke

Writer Paul Benjamin is nearly hit by a bus when he leaves Auggie Wren's smoke shop. Stranger Rashid Cole saves his life, and soon middle-aged Paul tells homeless Rashid that he wouldn't mind a short-term housemate. Still grieving over his wife's murder, Paul is moved by both Rashid's quest to reconnect with his father and Auggie's discovery that a woman who might be his daughter is about to give birth.

"The most precious things are lighter than air."

Top Billed Cast

Harvey Keitel
Harvey Keitel
Augustus 'Auggie' Wren
William Hurt
William Hurt
Paul Benjamin
Stockard Channing
Stockard Channing
Ruby McNutt
Harold Perrineau
Harold Perrineau
Thomas 'Rashid' Cole
Forest Whitaker
Forest Whitaker
Cyrus Cole
Giancarlo Esposito
Giancarlo Esposito
1st OTB Man / Tommy
José Zúñiga
José Zúñiga
2nd OTB Man / Jerry
Stephen Gevedon
Stephen Gevedon
OTB Man #3 / Dennis

Detailed Critic & Audience Reviews

F Filipe Manuel Neto Verified TMDB Critic
2023-06-18

**A set of stories, more than a story made up of stories.**

This film reminded me, in a certain way, of a polite version of “Clerks”, an unorthodox comedy where everything revolves around a convenience store, a video club and two employees from those same stores. Here, everything revolves around Auggie Wren's tobacconist, who takes a picture of the shop every day, at the same time. In one of them, by chance, the deceased wife of one of the store's customers appears who, after being saved from being run over by a boy, decides to help him.

The film is discreet, does not have great cine...