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08/03/07
Snow Cake (2007)
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Reviews Counted:59
Fresh:39
Rotten:20
Average Rating:6.1/10
Consensus: Sigourney Weaver gracefully undertakes a difficult role, while the rest of the cast lifts the histrionic plot into something worthwhile.
Synopsis: Alan Rickman has a made a career of stealing scenes in supporting roles, but he takes the lead in SNOW CAKE. Whether he's playing Severus Snape in the Harry Potter movie or the voice of God in... [More]
Starring: Sigourney Weaver, Alan Rickman, Carrie-Anne Moss, Emily Hampshire
Director: Marc Evans
Reviews for Snow Cake
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08/03/07
Top CriticEveryone and everything is surprising in this arresting film whose heart is as warm as its setting is cold
07/28/07
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04/23/09
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11/20/08
Often with the feel of a stage play, Snow Cake is a delicate little drama that shows real understanding of its characters.
08/26/08
a worthy effort toward bringing an increasingly prevalent disorder to filmgoers' attention
09/10/07
Snow Cake never entertains too much pathos nor does it become overly concerned with making Weaver’s character even slightly sympathetic; her uncensored forthrightness is as refreshingly humane as it is hilarious.
08/23/07
A heartfelt but utterly predictable indie drama.
08/22/07
in the end, it's as viable as its titular confection: pretty to look at but cold.
07/14/07
It's essentially a vehicle for a dedicated cast, but occasionally it's more than that.
07/06/07
Three very intelligent actors -- Rickman, Moss and Sigourney Weaver -- elevate what could have been cloying into something better than the script's idiosyncratic bent.
07/05/07
Director Marc Evans, working from Angela Pell's screenplay, pulls it off in a limited way but with emotional sensitivity and a solid cast.
06/28/07
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06/09/07
Top CriticAt times it seems so anxious to blatantly manipulate us into tears and slows down with Alex’s romance with a sexy neighbor a la Carrie Anne Moss, and then at times it’s beautiful, and intimate, and so wonderfully acted.
06/05/07
Weaver makes Linda her own, alternating between off-putting brashness, engaging honesty and bursts of spontaneous, childlike behavior.
06/01/07
Top CriticWeaver and Rickman and screenwriter Angela Pell elevate the film into something quite endearing.
06/01/07
Lack of dramatic intensity is all the more surprising considering the emotional clout of helmer Marc Evans' two best movies, the chilling Resurrection Man and scarefest My Little Eye.
06/01/07
Top CriticMarc Evans' small-scale drama focuses on the offbeat relationship between a chronically depressed man and an autistic woman, and with a lesser cast it would be insufferable.
06/01/07
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