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| Director: Chris Eyre
Actors: Adam Beach, Evan Adams, Irene Bedard, Gary Farmer, Tantoo Cardinal
Studio: Miramax Films
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Rating:  188 reviews
Sales Rank: 9069
Format: Closed-captioned, Color, Ntsc
Media: VHS Tape
Number Of Items: 1
Running Time: 89 Minutes
Shipping Weight (lbs): 0.4
Dimensions (in): 7.3 x 4.2 x 1.1
ISBN: 0788813714
UPC: 786936089691
EAN: 9780788813719
ASIN: 6305210101
Theatrical Release Date: June 26, 1998
Release Date: January 19, 1999
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 Fantastick flick January 10, 2007
Gail Whitney
6 out of 6 found this review helpful
I just love this movie. It evokes many emotions, and the action is superb. How many of us get the opportunity to consider what life is like for the natives living in contemporary America? I adored Thomas and his enthusiasm for life and his superb imagination, and Victor for his diminished self esteem. The sisters who drive their car backwards - as their car only has reverse- is a great scene. The ending offers powerful messages that remain. This is a must have to any video collection.
 Good, but flawed March 21, 2007
Dolores (Phoenix, AZ USA)
6 out of 13 found this review helpful
I see all these five-star reviews and wonder if I was the only one who found this move overwrought and a little bit corny? Overall I really enjoyed it, but it was sort of obtuse. I heartily enjoyed "Lone Ranger and Tonto Fistfight in Heaven" and when I viewed Smoke Signals I thought "Whoa! They must have pried this from Sherman Alexie's hands and ran with it! I'm surprised he didn't insist on having his name taken off it!" I was surprised to find out that he co-produced it and wrote the screenplay!
The acting could have been better, although I thought Thomas Builds-the-fire was very cute with his braids and big smile. It bothered me that the characters in this movie were constantly expounding on the fact that they were Indian. They brought it up every couple of minutes! Somehow, I doubt that that is what real Indians do. We know you're Indian, you don't have to state it. "What are you going to trade us? Because we're Indian, remember? We barter!" I would think that most Indians don't see a lot of novelty in the fact that they are Indian and these characters certainly did. This made it seem like the film was presenting "Indians" in third person rather than letting them be themselves. It would have been improved if it had been a little more natural and less self-conscious.
Over all, though, it's worth seeing despite its corniness for its powerful message and, of course, the cuteness of smiley Evan Adams.
Native Americans best movie January 5, 2000
5 out of 5 found this review helpful
This movie is the best protriat of Native Americans I have ever seen. And the acting was excellent. I was an extra in the movie and it was exciting watching the actors and actress.
a comic-tragic, realistic portrayal of the Indian community November 8, 1999
5 out of 5 found this review helpful
"Smoke Signals" sensitively portrays real Indians, not those John Ford stereotypes of John Wayne westerns. I thought the story was believable, the dialogue funny, biting, and familiar to me as an Indian. So many of the lines echoed the country store chatter in my own home area. These characters like most of us Indians never take themselves too seriously, yet they recognize the distance between their life circumstances and that of others in the society. They don't bash whites but laugh at the assumptions which whites have about Indians. I recommend the movie highly and show it to multicultural literature classes every chance I get. I talk about the image of the American Indian in popular culture, and this film represents a significant departure from the 1950s, 1960s popular image. Thank you Sherman Alexie and others.
Worth Watching Twice in One Day December 29, 1999
K. Carroll
5 out of 5 found this review helpful
After seeing "Smoke Signals" for the first time, I couldn't stop thinking about it. I watched it again that day and maybe even once more that weekend. I'm not a Native American, but for most of my life I lived near the Fort Hall Indian reservation in Idaho. The movie poignantly reminded me of the struggles those on a reservation deal with, especially alcoholism and family break-downs. One critic (with whom I strongly disagree) said "Smoke Signals" was too simplistic and "cute." How wrong -- I think most of life's profound moments happen simply. This is an excellent, moving film.
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