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Smoke

Smoke

  • Status: Released
  • 09-06-1995
  • Runtime: 112 min
  • Score: 7.191
  • Vote count: 493

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.

Harvey Keitel

Augustus 'Auggie' Wren

William Hurt

Paul Benjamin

Stockard Channing

Ruby McNutt

Harold Perrineau

Thomas 'Rashid' Cole

Forest Whitaker

Cyrus Cole

Giancarlo Esposito

1st OTB Man / Tommy

José Zúñiga

2nd OTB Man / Jerry

Stephen Gevedon

OTB Man #3 / Dennis

Jared Harris

Jimmy Rose

Ashley Judd

Felicity

Victor Argo

Vinnie

Michelle Hurst

Aunt Em

Erica Gimpel

Doreen Cole

Deirdre O'Connell

Sue the Waitress

Malik Yoba

The Creeper

Murray Moston

Waiter

Mary B. Ward

April Lee the Bookstore Clerk

Daniel Auster

Book Thief

Vincenzo Amelia

Irate Customer

Gilson Reglas

Cyrus Jr.

Howie Rose

Baseball Announcer

Mel Gorham

Violet

Baxter Harris

Lawyer #1

Paul Geier

Lawyer #2

Walter T. Meade

Roger Goodwin

Clarice Taylor

Grandma Ethel

Marshall Dancing Elk Lucas

Actor

Filipe Manuel Neto

**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 cinematography resources, nor visuals. Everything here revolves around the characters, their individual stories, the way they intersect and interconnect. The script is very important for the film, but the work of the actors cannot be overlooked either. Harvey Keitel does a very worthy and well-executed job, and William Hurt, Harold Perrineau and Forest Whitaker follow him closely, so we have a good cast working hard. The big problem with this movie is that it really doesn't have much more to offer. For those who like films that are very much based on characters, their behavior, their stories, and well-written dialogues, the film is wonderful. For anyone hoping this all boils down to a story that is more than a set of stories, the film may be disappointing.