For every three eye-roll-worthy scenes, Snow Cake offers one that's genuinely funny or moving.
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04/28/07
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.
Theatrical Release:Apr 27, 2007 Limited
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
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Reviews for Snow Cake
A deeply moving, life-affirming tale -- the many scathing one-liners are just icing on the cake.
09/23/06
Overly forced, a shade too whimsical, but filling a void other words and other movies haven't the nerve or errant taste to confront.
06/01/07
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04/23/09
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
The Canada-set Snow Cake is clearly meant to be Weaver’s movie, and people with first-hand knowledge of autism say it’s the most convincing depiction they’ve ever seen.
09/23/06
The performances are terrific overall and the writing is pretty good, so just enough to recommend it.
04/30/07
Top CriticA slow-burning examination of disability and grief is enlivened by a top-notch cast and a gently witty script.
12/30/06
People who are different are magical! That's the takeaway lesson from Snow Cake, an awfully tidy, infernally sparkly study in skewed blessings, made manifest by Committed Acting from Sigourney Weaver.
05/03/07
Top Critic[The] arthouse variety of a bittersweet crowd-pleaser, complete with a finale that neatly ties up all the loose ends as the umpteenth pop song announces the arrival of the end credits.
04/19/06
Marc Evans’ direction is alternately clear-eyed and blearily sentimental, but the film is a fine showcase for Weaver.
09/23/06
Squanders all its potential for emotional honesty and goes for cheap and unfulfilling uplift.
05/01/07
At 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
a worthy effort toward bringing an increasingly prevalent disorder to filmgoers' attention
09/10/07
Snow Cake is painful slogging. The plot is awkwardly contrived.
12/15/06
Top Criticscribe Angela Pell has crafted a really funny and touching script.
05/14/07
A gentle film with a warm heart & mostly sad circumstance. Brings awareness to Autism, and it has its moments of beauty, but I couldn't help wanting more.
04/02/07
The key dramatic moments feel as forced as they are predictable.
04/18/06
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11/20/08
As a Special Presentation in the Toronto film festival this past September, Snow Cake made a strong first impression. Now wider audiences have an opportunity to share in an experience that can enrich lives.
12/15/06
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April 28, 2007:
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April 26, 2007:
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April 24, 2007:
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