Winter Passing (2004)
Average Rating: 5.4/10
Reviews Counted: 52
Fresh: 21 | Rotten: 31
This dour coming-of-age story has nothing to distinguish it from similarly themed indie fare.
Average Rating: 5.3/10
Critic Reviews: 19
Fresh: 8 | Rotten: 11
This dour coming-of-age story has nothing to distinguish it from similarly themed indie fare.
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Money and emotions lead to a difficult reunion between a father and daughter in this drama. Reese Holden (Zooey Deschanel) is a struggling stage actress in New York City whose life has become an uphill struggle -- her career isn't giving her satisfaction, her relationship with would-be rock star Ray (Dallas Roberts) is stuck in neutral, an affair with her friend Rob (Robert Beitzel) brings no excitement, and her colleague Deirdre (Deirdre O'Connell) simply doesn't understand her problems. Reese
Cast
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Ed Harris
Don Holden -
Zooey Deschanel
Reese Holden -
Will Ferrell
Corbit -
Amelia Warner
Shelly -
Amy Madigan
Lori Lansky -
Dallas Roberts
Ray -
Robert Beitzel
Rob -
Deirdre O'Connell
Deirdre -
Samuel Bottoms
Brian -
Guy Boyd
Hunter -
Mary Jo Deschanel
Mary -
Laurie Kennedy
Nun -
Darrell Larson
Director -
John Bedford Lloyd
Leontes -
Anthony Rapp
Dean -
Ivan Martin
Bartender -
Rachel Dratch
Female MC -
Jim True-Frost
Doctor -
Mandy Siegfried
Ruth -
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Midway through, Rapp loses momentum, failing to hone in on just what kind of movie he wants to make, and Winter Passing languishes in that no-man's land between tiny, meandering, indie drama and plotted, pointed family melodrama.
Top CriticThis flawed drama about a self-destructive young actress and her reclusive novelist father has its rewards, mainly in some good performances.
There are intriguing actors and ideas here, but only occasionally do they combine with convincing force.
This is the kind of movie routinely dismissed as too slow and quiet by those who don't know it is more exciting to listen than to hear.
It's a disturbing movie, particularly the first half, and one not easily digested.
Winter Passing is one dull, extended encounter session among hackneyed characters.
While Deschanel is the reason to see Winter Passing, her support is nearly impeccable in keeping it from being a one-woman show.
A cold, hard work inhabited by tortured or incidental characters who embody an interior journey that is neither entertaining nor cathartic.
A strangely moving experience.
Performances keep the film afloat and focused whenever it threatens to drift.
Unfortunately, this too-dour film can't decide whether it wants to be a comedy or a drama. As a result, it doesn't really work as either.
The comic moments fall flat while the serious stuff often is unintentionally funny.
A film that feels like it will take forever to pass.
What's real and true about Winter Passing is the relationship between Don and Reese, the father and daughter who wear their damaged dynamic on their sleeves for all to see.
Winter Passing's quirky elements and light comedic touches fail to save it from its dark and lumbering premise.
[Adam] Rapp's screenplay doesn't have much sympathy for its characters.
[Zooey] Deschanel carries the heavy and sometimes uneven Winter Passing, which possesses not only a love of language but a moving adoration for the language of love.
...a finding-yourself drama that gets lost in unnecessary character quirks.
There isn't a spark in the familiar emotional situation or a reason to care how these amiably bland characters end up.
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The best line in the movie: "I just can't believe this is the same man who told his six-year-old daughter that Christmas was a Republican capitalistic conspiracy created by the Hallmark Corporation and that, if Jesus were alive today he'd be down in Nicaragua rallying the Sandinistas. Grace away." I laughed so hard that I had to go back and play the five minutes after that line to re-watch what happens.