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Winter Guest (1997)

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Adapted from a stage play by Sharman McDonald, this film marks the directorial debut of British character actor Alan Rickman. Set against a bleak winter landscape of rural Scotland, the story centers around the recently widowed Frances (Emma Thompson) and a visit from her mother, Elspeth (Phyllida Law, Thompson's real-life mother). Elspeth seeks to console Frances, but Frances resists. The mother and daughter have a prickly relationship. While they thrust and parry emotionally, Frances' son Alex

R, 1 hr. 46 min.

Art House & International, Drama

Directed By: Alan Rickman

Written By: Alan Rickman

In Theaters: Dec 24, 1997 Wide

On DVD: Aug 30, 2005

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Critic Reviews for Winter Guest

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Moving as flawlessly and gracefully across the movie screen as the snow on its mute, chilly Scottish landscape, the film inspires amazement and awe as the work of novice director, Alan Rickman.

October 5, 2007 Comment

Prairie Miller

Long Island Press

Moving as flawlessly and gracefully across the movie screen as the snow on its mute, chilly Scottish landscape, the film inspires amazement and awe as the work of novice director, Alan Rickman.

October 5, 2007 Comment

Prairie Miller

WBAI Web Radio

Well-made but dreary mother-daughter conflict

November 28, 2005 Comment

Daniel Eagan

Film Journal International

The film's modest goals are met, and the austere technical aspects of the production further preserve the film's reserve.

March 5, 2002 Full Review Source: MovieMartyr.com

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Jeremy Heilman

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I really liked the film, I just don't know how to describe how much I liked it. Well, put it this way ... it's Emma Thompson & Phyllida Law in a film directed by Alan Rickman ... I mean, what's not to like? It was a little long for me, & I could really only get interested in the Mother-Daughter and 2 schoolboys

June 3, 2011