The Smokers (2000)

Three rebellious teenage girls decide to even the score in the battle of the sexes.

Director:

Kat Slater

Writers:

Kat Slater (story), Kat Slater (screenplay),

Stars:

Dominique Swain, Busy Philipps, Keri Lynn Pratt

Bottom 100 #82 | 1 win & 1 nomination.

Cast

Cast overview, first billed only:
Dominique Swain	...	Jefferson Roth
Busy Philipps	...	Karen Carter
Keri Lynn Pratt	...	Lisa Stockwell
Nicholas M. Loeb	...	Jeremy (as Nicholas Loeb)
Oliver Hudson	...	David
Ryan Browning	...	Dan
Joel West	...	Christopher
Thora Birch	...	Lincoln Roth
Tell Draper	...	Todd Manning
Ryan Sasson	...	Ryan
Oniel Tutein	...	Christopher's Boyfriend
Paul Aber	...	Mr. Carter
Mary Jo Faraci	...	Mrs. Carter
John Loeb Jr.	...	Mr. John Stockwell (as Ambassador John Loeb Jr.)
Kristena Farrell	...	Mrs. Stockwell

Storyline

Looking back a few years later, Jefferson Roth tells the story of the last few weeks of her senior year at a Wisconsin boarding school when she and two girl friends, the naive Lisa and the outrageous Karen, use a pistol to turn the tables on men (boys, really) who make them feel weak, put upon, and desired only as sex objects. They stage a sexual assault on David, who's been hot and cold toward Lisa. Meanwhile, each of the three keeps trying to find love even while Karen wants to attack others: Jefferson falls for a cowboy singer, ignoring a boy she grew up with, Jeremy, who likes her; Lisa tries again to reach David; Karen puts herself at risk with an older man. Can it end well?

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Plot Keywords:

girl power | kenosha wisconsin | rape | title directed by female | private school | 

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Taglines:

They started something they couldn't end.

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Genres:

Drama

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Motion Picture Rating (MPAA)

Rated R for sexuality, violence, language and drug use involving teens

Details

Official Sites:

MGM

Country:

USA

Language:

English

Release Date:

5 March 2000 (USA)

Also Known As:

Forbid to Break

Filming Locations:

Kemper Hall - 6500 Third Avenue, Kenosha, Wisconsin, USA

Company Credits

Production Co:

International Production Company

Technical Specs

Runtime:

96 min 90 min (video)

Sound Mix:

Dolby

Color:

Color

Did You Know?

Quotes

Lincoln Roth: Twas the night before a party, when all through the town, no pigs were stirring, no cops were around.
Lincoln Roth: We drank Seagram's, and smoked Panama Reds, while visions of the munchies danced through our heads
Lincoln Roth: But all of a sudden, came a knock at the door. We all yelled 'Pigs' and hit the floor.
Lincoln Roth: But what to our red-glazed eyes should appear? A fucking pound of Columbian, with two kegs of beer.
Lincoln Roth: The man at the door flashed us a smile, so we said 'come on in, man, you should party a while.
Lincoln Roth: But we heard him...

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Soundtracks

"Lord"
Courtesy of Motion City Records, Brent David Fraser and Stratherrick Publishers

User Reviews

Dull, undeveloped attempt at feminism

I rented this in hopes of seeing, at the least, a film with some memorable lines or fun moments, and hoped that possibly I was stumbling across an underrated, obscure gem. I didn't even get any memorable lines or fun moments. It seems that what the film is trying to do is show a feminist view of sex, but the viewpoint doesn't go very deep or really seem that intriguing. It hardly even makes sense. The characters don't do much to support this attempt at deepness, and the acting is lousy all around. One of the main girls is trying her best to be an Angelina Jolie type, but she has zero charisma or screen presence. I think the best acting in the film was from a minor female character in a bar that one of the male characters was trying to pick up, and she had about three lines. Seriously, the acting is that noticeably bad. Thora Birch must be trying to earn indie cred by appearing in this right around the time her career was taking off, and she does have one of the better moments towards the beginning involving playing a Russian roulette-type game with an almost completely loaded gun, but the fact that the gun is loaded is the only fascinating part about this scene because her acting isn't particularly stellar. Dominique Swain doesn't even shine at all, and she has definitely saved some films I've seen in the past. The pot smoking seemed like a gimmick tacked onto the film. It's a shame. This movie looks good on paper, but suffers from weakness factoring in from all aspects that go into the making of it.