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Snow Angels (2008)

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Reviews Counted: 105

Fresh: 71

Rotten:34

Average Rating: 6.8/10

Consensus: With fine acting and considerable emotional depth, Snow Angels aptly captures the highs, and especially the lows of human relationships.

Rated: R [See Full Rating] for language, some violent content, brief sexuality and drug use.

Runtime: 1 hr 46 mins

Genre: Dramas

Theatrical Release:Mar 7, 2008 Limited

Box Office: $255,147

Synopsis: Director David Gordon Green (GEORGE WASHINGTON) adds another carefully sculpted drama to his resume with SNOW ANGELS. Green deposits a strong cast in a snowbound Pennsylvania town for his fourth... Director David Gordon Green (GEORGE WASHINGTON) adds another carefully sculpted drama to his resume with SNOW ANGELS. Green deposits a strong cast in a snowbound Pennsylvania town for his fourth full-length feature, which revolves around the troubled teenage life of young Arthur (Michael Angarano). Arthur divides his time between working at a Chinese restaurant and dealing with the break up of his parents. His endearing lack of self-confidence is tempered when new-girl-in-town Lila (Olivia Thirlby) shows a romantic interest in him. Meanwhile, Arthur's co-worker and former babysitter, Annie (Kate Beckinsale), is trying to raise her child alone after the failure of her marriage to the unhinged Glenn (Sam Rockwell). Annie also embarks on an unwise affair with Nate (Nicky Katt), who happens to be married to her best friend. Green's central characters try to make the best of their modest lives until a major incident, dropped halfway through the movie, raises the tension between Annie and Glenn to breaking point. Beckinsale, Rockwell, and Angarano all deliver consummate performances, and they are joined by a strong supporting cast that includes Griffin Dunne and a rare straight role for comedian Amy Sedaris. Green's style, so often compared to that of Terrence Malick, takes a slightly different turn here as the director delivers a relatively straightforward thriller. But the change suits him, and SNOW ANGELS contains enough edge-of-your-seat tension to keep audiences curious as to where the director is going to take them. [More]

Starring: Sam Rockwell, Kate Beckinsale, Michael Angarano, Jeannetta Arnette

Starring: Sam Rockwell, Kate Beckinsale, Michael Angarano, Jeannetta Arnette, Griffin Dunne, Nicky Katt, Tom Noonan, Amy Sedaris, Olivia Thirlby

Director: David Gordon Green

Director: David Gordon Green
Screenwriter: David Gordon Green
Producer: Lisa Muskat, Dan Lindau, Cami Taylor, Paul Miller
Composer: David Wingo, Jeff McIlwain
Studio: Warner Independent

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Full Review Source: Boston Phoenix | comment Comment
04/23/09
Peter Keough
Boston Phoenix

So when the film's moment of horror arrives, it's not with suspense but instead the sort of dully anticipatory inevitability that drains as much energy from the story as from the audience.

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02/02/09
Mark Bourne
Film.com
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Impressive for the mood it creates, the film may not totally satisfy, but the characters are richly depicted and reflect the snowy winter chill that surrounds them

Full Review Source: Urban Cinefile | comment Comment
10/25/08
Louise Keller
Urban Cinefile
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Full Review Source: St. Louis Post-Dispatch | comment Comment
10/18/08
St. Louis Post-Dispatch

Hopefully, one of these days, Green will be bold enough to make a movie where nothing happens, where conversation is both his means and his end.

Full Review Source: Austin Chronicle | comment Comment
10/18/08
Josh Rosenblatt
Austin Chronicle

David Gordon Green is a very unique filmmaker.

Full Review Source: Entertainment Insiders | comment Comment
10/18/08
Jonathan W. Hickman
Entertainment Insiders

Green is a director who takes his time with characters, allowing their different sides to self-illustrate in naturalistic settings as he simultaneously paints their worlds.

Full Review Source: Window to the Movies | comment Comment
10/08/08
Jeffrey Chen
Window to the Movies

Powerful performances all around, but too many tangled and twisted family trees. Scorecard, please.

Full Review Source: NewsBlaze | comment Comment
09/22/08
Prairie Miller
NewsBlaze

Rockwell, who brought a sense of desperate unease to his roles in 'The Assassination of Jesse James' and 'Confessions of a Dangerous Mind,' does the same here, with results that are at once frightening and pathetically sad.

Full Review Source: San Francisco Examiner | comment Comment
09/17/08
Rossiter Drake
San Francisco Examiner

Every so often, a movie comes along that knocks the wind out of you. Snow Angels is one of them.

Full Review Source: Aisle Seat | comment Comment
09/15/08
Mike McGranaghan
Aisle Seat

...the film's positive attributes were for me not quite enough to make up for the movie's unrelentingly grim tone.

Full Review Source: DVDTown.com | comment Comment
09/13/08
John J. Puccio
DVDTown.com

It feels sort of like a poor man's version of American Beauty, stripped of all the good parts and devoted only to a low-budget wallowing in misery that will leave you shell-shocked and depressed on your way out of the theater.

Full Review Source: ReelzChannel.com | comment Comment
09/08/08
Heather Huntington
ReelzChannel.com

It's a hard movie to sit through at times, but if you're a fan of the actors, especially Rockwell, I believe you will find it a rewarding experience.

Full Review Source: Sin Magazine | comment Comment
06/18/08
Austin Kennedy
Sin Magazine

Could they have made more of a slow, dull and boring film?

Full Review Source: WJFK-FM (CBS Radio) | comment 10 Comments
06/01/08
Kevin McCarthy
WJFK-FM (CBS Radio)

'We love you no matter what your job is,' a character tells her son. That's a love that this very humanistic if dark film asks us to extend to everybody, even those whose sins invite outrage and disgust.

Full Review Source: Commercial Appeal (Memphis, TN) | comment Comment
05/06/08
John Beifuss
Commercial Appeal (Memphis, TN)

Might be (David Gordon) Green's best film.

Full Review Source: Charlotte Weekly | comment Comment
05/02/08
Sean O'Connell
Charlotte Weekly

For all its noble intentions and universal truths, Snow Angels is not a great movie. It's not a grand movie. It's barely a very good movie.

Full Review Source: PopMatters | comment Comment
05/01/08
Bill Gibron
PopMatters

There's a certain beauty in the bleakness, in the stark, snowy landscapes, and in the characters whose lives are just as barren.

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04/26/08
Eric D. Snider
EricDSnider.com

There is brutality in Snow Angels, but little bitterness. Like sunlight on ice, its painful beauty glints and stabs the eyes.

Full Review Source: Arkansas Democrat-Gazette | comment Comment
04/25/08
Philip Martin
Arkansas Democrat-Gazette

Good meditation on class, but too grim for casual moviegoers and not poetic enough for art-housers

Full Review Source: Movie Habit | comment Comment
04/25/08
Marty Mapes
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