A heartfelt but utterly predictable indie drama.
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08/22/07
Snow Cake (2007)
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Reviews Counted:17
Fresh:6
Rotten:11
Average Rating:4.8/10
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
1 - 17 (sorted by date)
Top CriticWeaver makes Linda her own, alternating between off-putting brashness, engaging honesty and bursts of spontaneous, childlike behavior.
06/01/07
Top CriticLack 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 CriticOverly 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
Top CriticThis slow-burning character drama never gets as emotionally involving, or persuasive, as the moviemakers intend it to.
05/10/07
Top CriticModest but well wrought and witty, Snow Cake is full of unexpected moments and clever observations and, despite a sparse quality, makes a good case for the idea that you're never too late, or too far gone, to connect with or understand others.
05/04/07
Top CriticPeople 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 CriticThe performances are terrific overall and the writing is pretty good, so just enough to recommend it.
04/30/07
Top CriticMoving but at times overearnest.
04/28/07
Top CriticThis, apparently, is the kind of stretch our contemporary great actresses have to look forward to as they near 60.
04/28/07
Top CriticSnow Cake partly camouflages the banality of its concept with its meticulous performances.
04/27/07
Top CriticIt is Weaver -- whom director Marc Evans uses for maximum shmaltz -- who is the shiny object dangled before our eyes. And she is certainly something to watch.
04/26/07
Top CriticSnowcake features one smart, pared-down performance. Unfortunately it's trapped in a stupid, overcrowded story.
04/25/07
Top CriticSnow Cake suffers from the same faults that plague most Canadian films: It drones itself to death with the pace of a drunken ant, and the ending takes longer than to arrive than Christmas morning.
04/25/07
Top CriticSnow Cake is a small movie in the best sense. It's character-focused, precise in its arc and just roomy enough to let its performers breathe and expand at the languid pace the material demands.
12/15/06
Top CriticSnow Cake is painful slogging. The plot is awkwardly contrived.
12/15/06
Top CriticThe key dramatic moments feel as forced as they are predictable.
04/18/06
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