Snow Cake

Snow Cake
by Marc Evans

Snow Cake
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Actor: Alan Rickman, Jackie Laidlaw, John Bayliss, Scott Wickware, Sigourney Weaver
Director: Marc Evans
Brand: WELLSPRING/GENIUS
Cinematographer: Steve Cosens
Composer: Broken Social Scene
Editor: Marguerite Arnold
DVD: Region Code 1
Audio: English (Original Language)
Format: Color, DVD-Video, NTSC, Widescreen
Picture Format: 1.85:1
Running Time: 112 minutes
DVD Release Date: 2007-09-11
Audience Rating: NR (Not Rated)
Studio: Ifc

Movie Reviews of Snow Cake

Movie Review: Fiction is Stranger Than Fact
Summary: 4 Stars

This film portrays what can go wrong in people's lives even when they are certain that they have not done anything wrong. Many viewers will have experienced some, if not all, of the feelings portrayed so aptly on the screen by the gifted crew. It is a sobering thought that such mishaps can have an innocent begining.

Summary of Snow Cake

Sigourney Weaver, Carrie-Anne Moss, and Alan Rickman star in this film about what happens in the aftermath of a young woman's death. Recently released from prison, Alex (Rickman) offers a ride to a hitchhiker, only to have her killed instantly when their car endures a brutal accident. Alex then approaches the girl's mother, and the events that unfold change his life and other around him dramatically.
Alan Rickman and Sigourney Weaver form the quintessential indie-film odd couple in this intimately observed drama that makes a memorable detour from the usual high-concept, special effects-laden studio fare. Rickman is in his element as Alex, a morose, laconic ex-con just released from prison. A tragic twist of fate brings him to a Canadian small town and the doorstep of Linda, a functional autistic woman with a decidedly anti-social personality. Weaver is a wonder in a fiercely committed, vanity-free performance. "I don't like normal people," Linda states, and neither does Snow Cake, the heart of which is clearly with the outcasts and misfits, including Vivienne (Emily Hampshire), Linda's vivacious, hitchhiking daughter, who bums a ride with Alex because he looks lonely ("Lonely people have the best stories," she observes) and Linda's neighbor, Maggie (Carrie-Ann Moss), a nurturing type who is very quick to take damaged soul Alex into her bed. This is a palpably heartfelt project (screenwriter Angela Pell has an autistic daughter) that--the unfortunate title notwithstanding--mostly manages to avoid the cloying or manipulative. The smiling faces pictured on the DVD cover suggest an upbeat romantic comedy, but Snow Cake is a slice of something much more filling. --Donald Liebenson

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