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Reviews Counted:59
Fresh:39
Rotten:20
Average Rating:6.1/10
Consensus: Sigourney Weaver gracefully undertakes a difficult role, while the rest of the cast lifts the histrionic plot into something worthwhile.
Theatrical Release:08-09-2006
Synopsis: Alan Rickman has a made a career of stealing scenes in supporting roles, but he takes the lead in SNOW CAKE. Whether he's playing Severus Snape in the Harry Potter movie or the voice of God in... [More]
Starring: Sigourney Weaver, Alan Rickman, Carrie-Anne Moss, Emily Hampshire
Director: Marc Evans
If Rickman these indignities like a man with his mind on other things, he's probably just shell-shocked by the antics of his co-star. Weaver's performance is so extravagantly awful, you can't take your eyes off it.
Thoughtful and moving, this intriguing drama is packed with emotions and insights that catch us off guard.
The Canada-set Snow Cake is clearly meant to be Weaver’s movie, and people with first-hand knowledge of autism say it’s the most convincing depiction they’ve ever seen.
Screenwriter Angela Pell clearly has something to say about the way autism brings clear-sighted lack of prejudice and a childlike innocence, albeit often masked by seemingly irrational needs and drives.
Top CriticA deeply moving, life-affirming tale -- the many scathing one-liners are just icing on the cake.
Top CriticA slow-burning examination of disability and grief is enlivened by a top-notch cast and a gently witty script.
Top CriticUltimately, [Snow Cake] is the sort of film that creeps up on you and you don't realise how much it has affected you till you find yourself still thinking about it days later.
It is Weaver -- whom director Marc Evans uses for maximum shmaltz -- who is the shiny object dangled before our eyes. And she is certainly something to watch.
A gentle film with a warm heart & mostly sad circumstance. Brings awareness to Autism, and it has its moments of beauty, but I couldn't help wanting more.
Squanders all its potential for emotional honesty and goes for cheap and unfulfilling uplift.
Director Marc Evans, working from Angela Pell's screenplay, pulls it off in a limited way but with emotional sensitivity and a solid cast.
a worthy effort toward bringing an increasingly prevalent disorder to filmgoers' attention
A psychologically rich drama that reveals how a sad and lonely Englishman is transformed by his ability to ride the coincidences which manifest in his life.
Overly forced, a shade too whimsical, but filling a void other words and other movies haven't the nerve or errant taste to confront.
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.
Top CriticHampshire's sudden departure from Snow Cake is as shocking as the demise of star Janet Leigh was from Psycho in its day - she creates that strong a character.
What could have been a schmarmy, overly sentimental film is, instead, one of decent filmmaking and good acting.
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.
Top CriticSnow 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.
Alex first appears in Snow Cake aboard a plane, embodying an obvious contradiction, in motion and still at the same time.
April 28, 2007:
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