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Snow Falling on Cedars (1999)

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Reviews Counted:88

Fresh:35

Rotten:53

Average Rating:5.2/10

Consensus: Though Snow Falling on Cedars is beautiful to look at, critics say the story becomes dull and tedious to sit through.

Runtime: 2 hrs 8 mins

Genre: Dramas

Synopsis: Fog as thick and palpable as cotton hangs suspended over San Piedro Island. On the bay, a flickering lantern signals distress from a crippled fishing boat, while elsewhere a freighter lurches...

A reporter covering the trial, Ishmael Chambers, sits in the courtroom, carefully observing the person with whom he shared the rapturous secrets of childhood, the only woman he has ever loved. Hatsue, the defendant's wife. Their tortured relationship will have an unexpected bearing on the trial of Kazuo Miyamoto, which serves to frame Snow Falling On Cedars. -- � 1999 Universal Pictures [More]

Starring: Ethan Hawke, Youki Kudoh, Max Von Sydow, James Cromwell

Director: Scott Hicks

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Tomatometer	Critic	Review	Category
N/R	Derek Adams	Click to read the article Full Review \| Comment \| Jun., 24 2006 03:28 AM	Time Out
N/R	Geoffrey Macnab	Click to read the article Full Review \| Comment \| Dec., 02 2002 08:19 AM	Sight and Sound
N/R	Rich Cline	Click to read the article Full Review \| Comment \| Dec., 10 2001 06:31 PM	Shadows on the Wall
3/5	Ben Falk	Click to read the article Full Review \| Comment \| Apr., 17 2001 05:05 PM	BBC
3/5		Click to read the article Full Review \| Comment \| Jan., 01 2000 12:00 AM	Empire Magazine
N/R	Jeffrey M. Anderson	Click to read the article Full Review \| Comment \| May., 26 2006 03:16 AM	Combustible Celluloid
N/R	Robin Clifford	Click to read the article Full Review \| Comment \| Apr., 09 2005 03:34 AM	Reeling Reviews
B+	Jeffrey Overstreet	... it powerfully re-creates the history, captures the essence of Guterson's characters, and carries us through hypnotized by breathtaking cinematography. Full Review \| Comment \| Dec., 06 2004 05:10 PM	Looking Closer
2/4	Leonard Schwarz	Click to read the article Full Review \| Comment \| May., 20 2003 05:11 PM	Palo Alto Weekly
N/R	David Sterritt	Click to read the article Full Review \| Comment \| Apr., 02 2003 05:09 PM	Christian Science Monitor
4.5/5	John R. McEwen	Click to read the article Full Review \| Comment \| Feb., 08 2003 08:19 AM	Film Quips Online
1.5/4	David Nusair	...duller than Madonna at a tupperware party. Full Review \| Comment \| Nov., 12 2002 08:42 PM	Reel Film Reviews
N/R	Margaret A. McGurk	Click to read the article Full Review \| Comment \| Oct., 15 2002 08:17 AM	Cincinnati Enquirer
	Frederic and Mary Ann Brussat	Badly hobbled by an over-emphasis upon cinematic technique that obliterates the emotional undertow of the story. Full Review \| Comment \| Aug., 21 2002 08:15 AM	Spirituality and Practice
2.5/4		Click to read the article Full Review \| Comment \| Mar., 22 2002 08:12 AM	Globe and Mail
2.5/5	Michael W. Phillips, Jr.	Click to read the article Full Review \| Comment \| Feb., 28 2002 08:11 AM	Goatdog's Movies
N/R		Click to read the article Full Review \| Comment \| Jan., 09 2002 08:11 AM	Movieline
B-	Chuck Rudolph	Hicks and cinematographer Robert Richardson give this interdicted love affair an emotional immediacy with the sheer brute force of their images. Full Review \| Comment \| Mar., 23 2001 02:42 PM	Matinee Magazine
6/10	James Kendrick	Click to read the article Full Review \| Comment \| Feb., 27 2001 01:25 PM	Q Network Film Desk
		A great looking film. Full Review \| Comment \| Jan., 01 2000 12:00 AM	E! Online

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