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02/09/06
The Sweet Hereafter (1997)
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Reviews Counted: 52 Fresh: 52 Rotten:0 Average Rating: 8.8/10
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Director Atom Egoyan examines tragedy and its aftermath with intelligence and empathy.
Runtime: 1 hr 56 mins
Synopsis: A small Canadian town is torn apart by the appearance of an ambulance-chasing lawyer after a tragic accident involving a school bus killed many of the town's children. One key witness, however, eludes the troubled attorney: a gifted young woman confined by the tragedy to a wheelchair for the... [More]
Genre: Dramas
Starring: Ian Holm, Sarah Polley, Maury Chaykin, Peter Donaldson, Bruce Greenwood
Director: Atom Egoyan
Composer: Mychael Danna
Screenwriter: Atom Egoyan
Story: Russell Banks
Producer: Camelia Frieberg, Atom Egoyan
Composer: Mychael Danna
Screenwriter: Atom Egoyan
Story: Russell Banks
Producer: Camelia Frieberg, Atom Egoyan
Reviews
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...Egoyan looks at the essence of guilt and the complexity of human relationships in all their rich variety.
04/17/01
Top Critic
It's a tactfully acted film, beautifully shot in snowy widescreen, subtly scripted and directed with a rare touch.
01/01/00
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04/09/05
Molds the past, present, and future into a tapestry of the cyclical nature of human suffering.
10/24/04
Based on Russell Banks' tragic novel about a town grieving for 14 children killed in a bus crash, easily makes my list of top 1997 films.
07/01/04
Visits the impossible contradictions of bereavement with clear-eyed compassion.
10/15/02
A stirring portrait of a community struggling to heal in the wake of a crisis.
06/05/02
Explores the ways in which a tragedy enhances rather than diminishes a town's sense of community.
03/01/02
Canadian writer-director Atom Egoyan's most ambitious work to date, The Sweet Hereafter is a rich, complex meditation on the impact of a terrible tragedy on a small town.
02/14/01
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Though this is Egoyan's first adaptation, The Sweet Hereafter could serve as a model for how to do it right.
02/14/01
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