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The Smokers (film)

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The Smokers
DVD cover
Directed byChristina Peters
Written by
  • Christina Peters
  • Kenny Golde
Produced by
Starring
CinematographyJ.B. Letchinger
Edited byElias Chalhub
Music byGeoff Levin
Production
company
International Production Company
Distributed byMGM Home Entertainment
Release dates
  • March 5, 2000 (2000-03-05) (SBIFF)
  • February 5, 2002 (2002-02-05) (United States)
Running time
96 minutes
CountryUnited States
LanguageEnglish

The Smokers is a 2000 American black comedy film directed and written by Christina Peters.[1] It was released on DVD on February 5, 2002.

Plot

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Three rebellious teenage girls decide to even the score in the battle of the sexes. Looking back a few years after the events depicted, Jefferson Roth (who, along with her sisters are named after former presidents) tells the story of the last few months of her senior year at a Wisconsin boarding school when she and two girl friends, the naive Lisa and the outrageous Karen, conspire to use a pistol to turn the tables on males after a wealthy older man, with whom Karen had a one-night stand, refuses to give her his home phone number. They stage a sexual assault on David, Lisa's on-and-off boyfriend, in an effort to try to be more like their male counterparts. However, it backfires, as all three girls learn they are not able to have sex the way they feel a man can. Their unfaithfulness to their own objective is summed up in Karen's words, just prior to her tragic ending, "I wish I had a boyfriend."

Cast

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Reception

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According to aggregate review site Rotten Tomatoes, it has an audience review rating of 42%.[2]

References

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  1. ^ Jonathan Crow (2014). "The Smokers". Movies & TV Dept. The New York Times. Archived from the original on 2014-04-28.
  2. ^ "The Smokers review". Rotten Tomatoes. Retrieved March 18, 2024.
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