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Winter Guest (1997)

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Average Rating: 7.1/10
Critic Reviews: 6
Fresh: 4 | Rotten: 2

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Average Rating: 3.6/5
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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

Alan Rickman

Aug 30, 2005

Fine Line Features

Cast

All Critics (44) | Top Critics (14) | Fresh (18) | Rotten (9) | DVD (4)

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
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
WBAI Web Radio

Well-made but dreary mother-daughter conflict

November 28, 2005 Comment
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 | Comment
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Audience Reviews for Winter Guest

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
JennabGreat
Jenna Greathouse

Hard to watch. Good film. Great direction by Alan Rickman. Hope he writes and directs again (even though I love seeing him on screen).

September 28, 2007
eclectickimmer
Kimmer S.

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