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10/01/05
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Winter Solstice (2005)
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Reviews Counted:24
Fresh:18
Rotten:6
Average Rating:6.9/10
Consensus: A deliberately paced, realistic portrait of a family's grief and healing.
Theatrical Release:Apr 8, 2005 Limited
Box Office: $245,785
Synopsis: In this solemn family film about three men sharing a broken household, Jim (Anthony LaPaglia) stars as a father just trying to keep it all together. His sons Pete and Gabe (Mark Webber and Aaron... [More]
Starring: Anthony LaPaglia, Aaron Stanford, Mark Webber, Allison Janney
Director: Josh Sternfeld
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Reviews for Winter Solstice
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07/21/05
Top CriticUltimately undercut by its fictional elements and its flat characters.
05/13/05
Top CriticThis movie deserves to be seen -- and learned from. It captures the moments in which each of us stares out across an emptiness, searching for a connection that will keep us from falling.
05/06/05
Top CriticIt's the kind of narrow-gauged drama that either will drive you crazy or absorb you in its low-key rhythms. Mostly, I went along for the ride.
05/06/05
Top CriticIn an impressive feature debut, director-screenwriter Josh Sternfeld takes an observant, nuanced look at human behavior.
04/28/05
Top CriticThe performances are excellent...
04/22/05
Top CriticThis kind of conceptual and directorial control isn't as easy to accomplish as it might look, and it's particularly welcome in this era of overheated hysteria, both on the screen and off.
04/21/05
Top CriticGranted, we're not wild about hams who try to flood the theater with emotion, but having them bottle up everything while they stand around looking gloomy isn't the answer, either.
04/21/05
Top CriticThis is minimalist filmmaking at its finest -- beautifully acted, dramatically fulfilling, often funny and achingly true.
04/21/05
Top CriticWe learn little about the characters other than that they're bored and restless.
04/15/05
Top CriticThe characters interact through lowered gazes, the shuffling of feet, the semi-grunted, 'hey,' of greeting followed by a responding 'hey.'
04/15/05
Top CriticThe movie is not plot-driven, for which we must be thankful, because to force their feelings into a plot would be a form of cruelty. The whole point is that these lives have no plot.
04/14/05
Top CriticWriter/director Josh Sternfeld has a feel for life's little interactions -- the moments before or after Big Things Happen, otherwise known as: most of the time.
04/14/05
Top CriticThis is a real triumph of storytelling and character.
04/11/05
Top CriticThe narrative is simple, the dialogue spare and the performances low-key, yet there's real resonance to the film.
04/08/05
Top CriticWinter Solstice is a well-built machine that dunks you into a big warm vat of sadness.
04/08/05
Top CriticA gracefully understated drama about a widower trying to help his sons - and himself - heal after a tragedy.
04/08/05
Top CriticSo much is unspoken and this slice of reality is so thin and slow as to make the film downright unsatisfying.
04/08/05
Top CriticA graceful ensemble piece with effective performances from the entire cast.
04/07/05
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