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The Sweet Hereafter (1997)

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Reviews Counted:53

Fresh:53

Rotten:0

Average Rating:8.9/10

Consensus: Director Atom Egoyan examines tragedy and its aftermath with intelligence and empathy.

Runtime: 1 hr 56 mins

Genre: Dramas

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,... 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 rest of her life. A morality play without the sermon from EXOTICA auteur Atom Egoyan, based on the acclaimed novel by Russell Banks. [More]

Starring: Ian Holm, Sarah Polley, Maury Chaykin, Peter Donaldson

Starring: Ian Holm, Sarah Polley, Maury Chaykin, Peter Donaldson, Bruce Greenwood, David Hemblen, Brooke Johnson, Arsinee Khanjian, Tom McCamus, Stephanie Morgenstern, Earl Pastko, Gabrielle Rose, Alberta Watson, Caerthan Banks, Kirsten Kieferle, Simon Baker, Sarah Rosen Fruitman, Marc Donato, Devon Finn, Fides Krucker, Magalena Sokoloski, James D. Watts, Allegra Denton, Russell Banks

Director: Atom Egoyan

Director: Atom Egoyan
Composer: Mychael Danna
Screenwriter: Atom Egoyan
Story: Russell Banks
Producer: Camelia Frieberg, Atom Egoyan

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Reviews for The Sweet Hereafter

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Egoyan sways away from the obvious, eschewing easy tears for something more fiercely intelligent.

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Joe Baltake
Joe Baltake
Sacramento Bee

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John A. Nesbit
John A. Nesbit
ToxicUniverse.com

As in Egoyan's Exotica and The Adjuster, past and present are intricately fused by the crisp editing, the mournful shadings of Mychael Danna's score and Paul Sarossy's austere wide-screen cinematography

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John Hartl
John Hartl
Film.com

...Egoyan weaves a tapestry of grief and healing that is both haunting and memorable.

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Madeleine Williams
Madeleine Williams
Cinematter

I can think of no other movie that has dared to analyze grief and its aftermath with such naked honesty and precision.

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Marjorie Baumgarten
Marjorie Baumgarten
Austin Chronicle

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MaryAnn Johanson
MaryAnn Johanson
Flick Filosopher

The Sweet Hereafter is a spellbinding film, one which you will not be able to stop thinking about for days.

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Matt Easterbrook
Matt Easterbrook
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Audience is almost bound to be absorbed for the duration.

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Mike Clark
Mike Clark
USA Today

a new moral urgency seems to invigorate this film

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Peter Brunette
Peter Brunette
Film.com

solemn, subtly structured, beautifully acted and ultimately hypnotic

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Richard Schickel
Richard Schickel
TIME Magazine
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The naked emotion of tragedy weighs on every frame...

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Rob Blackwelder
Rob Blackwelder
SPLICEDWire

Ian Holm gives us a wrenching portrait of a self-contained man cracking at the seams.

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01/01/00
Rob Gonsalves
Rob Gonsalves
eFilmCritic.com

This is one of the best films of the year, an unflinching lament for the human condition.

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Roger Ebert
Roger Ebert
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Scott Renshaw
Scott Renshaw
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Elegiac and yet straightforward as haiku

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Stephanie Zacharek
Stephanie Zacharek
Salon.com

The Sweet Hereafter could serve as a textbook example of the difference between television movies and "real" movies.

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Steve Rhodes
Steve Rhodes
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Susan Stark
Susan Stark
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Ted Prigge
Ted Prigge
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Latest News for The Sweet Hereafter

September 07, 2005: Trailer Bulletin: Where the Truth Lies
From Atom Egoyan, director of "Exotica," "The Sweet Hereafter," and "Ararat," comes Kevin Bacon, Colin Firth, and Alison Lohman in the already... More...

August 22, 2005: Egoyan's "Truth" May Lie with an NC-17
ThinkFilm, distributor of the new Atom Egoyan film "Where the Truth Lies," plans to appeal what they believe will be an NC-17 rating from the MPAA, says The Hollywood... More...

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