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A heartfelt but utterly predictable indie drama.
Weaver makes Linda her own, alternating between off-putting brashness, engaging honesty and bursts of spontaneous, childlike behavior.
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.
Overly forced, a shade too whimsical, but filling a void other words and other movies haven't the nerve or errant taste to confront.
This slow-burning character drama never gets as emotionally involving, or persuasive, as the moviemakers intend it to.
Modest 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.
Often with the feel of a stage play, Snow Cake is a delicate little drama that shows real understanding of its characters.
Autistic woman shows grieving adults how to live.
a worthy effort toward bringing an increasingly prevalent disorder to filmgoers' attention
Compassionately delves into the immense frustration, heartbreak and even intermittent comic relief of life with autism, while touching on the sometimes emotionally crippling condition of just being alive, for the rest of us.
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.
Everyone and everything is surprising in this arresting film whose heart is as warm as its setting is cold
in the end, it's as viable as its titular confection: pretty to look at but cold.
It's essentially a vehicle for a dedicated cast, but occasionally it's more than that.
Three very intelligent actors -- Rickman, Moss and Sigourney Weaver -- elevate what could have been cloying into something better than the script's idiosyncratic bent.
Director Marc Evans, working from Angela Pell's screenplay, pulls it off in a limited way but with emotional sensitivity and a solid cast.
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