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This movie is an amateurish film that thoughtlessly glamourises everything connected to the real-life struggles and heartaches of families who actually deal with autism. This film is Hollywood's weakly-realised version of 'Autism Lite' which is both distressing and disappointing. Sigourney Weaver makes a valiant attempt to interpret the struggles of a highly-functioning autistic woman as best she can, and a shockingly older Alan Rickman disappoints as the former convict accompanying Weaver's daughter when she dies in a car crash. Rabid fans of Weaver and Rickman will no doubt enjoy this movie for their quasi-hammy, star-turned performances, but Snow Cake simply cannot be recommended to anyone else, especially those who are intimately aware of the realities of this insidious and hearbreaking syndrome.
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Was an excellent movie, giving a rare insight as to what an adult could be like. In most situations we only see younger children.
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A trio of fine veteran actors is on display in this desultory 2007 drama that makes an attempt at emotional uplift but doesn't quite make it. Directed by Marc Evans and written by Angela Pell, this small-scale indie taps into themes of emotional isolation and moving on after a devastating personal loss, subjects covered with greater dexterity and humor by similarly wintry films like Lars and the Real Girl. The story centers on a solitary middle-aged Brit named Alex Hughes, whose veiled bitterness masks a personal tragedy that had led to a prison term. Recently released, he is on a cross-country journey to Winnipeg when he finds himself entangled with a chatty teen-aged hitchhiker named Vivienne seeking passage home to the small Ontario town of Wawa.
A viscerally shocking moment leads Alex quite unexpectedly to meet Vivienne's mother Linda, a high-functioning autistic woman who is manically fastidious and emotionally disconnected from the people around her. Before you can say Rain Man, Alex and Linda forge a friendly alliance in which life lessons are learned, often under adversity, until the two must part. Meanwhile, an attraction is sparked between Alex and Linda's next-door neighbor Maggie, a sultry yet kindly divorcee whom Linda thinks is a prostitute. Give Pell credit for steering clear of the life-affirming clichés that would have marked this as a misplaced Lifetime TV-movie. Pell's personal insights are invaluable given that she has an autistic son. At the same time, Evans' handling of Alex's spiritual reawakening lacks the intensity that would have allowed the film to take flight.
Playing the sympathetic protagonist for a change, Alan Rickman brings the necessary gravitas to his textured performance as Alex with enough of his dry wit to leaven at least some of the proceedings. In a fearless turn obviously inspired by Dustin Hoffman's award-winning work in Rain Man, Sigourney Weaver approaches the difficult role of Linda with vigor and a liberating lack of vanity, though there are moments when I can see the smart actress underneath. Carrie-Anne Moss lends surprising heart and a beguiling sexiness to Maggie. Also noteworthy is Steve Cosens' clean cinematography which nicely captures the wintry feel of rural Ontario. The 2007 DVD is bereft of the standard extras like a director's commentary or a making-of featurette, but there are ten deleted scenes of varying interest and the original theatrical trailer.
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Because I've seen this movie and thought it wonderful, I purchased it for a Christmas gift. It isn't for children, but adults will find it uplifting, realistic, and filled with unexpected humor.
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Well, I was very eager to see this movie, and would have preferred to have seen it in the theaters, but alas, thanks to Hollywood, they are not likely to help out independent films...
Anyway, I bought the DVD, and watched it. It is fabulous and funny, and also moving. If you, or you know someone, who has a disability, you will find this to be a fairly realistic portrayal of how people with diabilities are treated by society at large, as well as how those who are family or friends of people with disabilities get treated by society.
If you don't know someone with a disability, then you really should see this film. It is highly insightful. Just because someone is different, does not mean that they are stupid, and should be treated as such. They are human beings, that just act or think differently.
***POTENTIAL SPOILER!!!!***
My favorite scene in the movie, was the deleted scene where Alex takes Linda to McDonald's, and a woman leaving the restaurant with her family, stops in front of Alex, and makes some ignorant comment about caregivers, etc. (assuming that Alex is just Linda's caregiver), and Alex's priceless response is, "Actually, she's my wife". And the woman sputters, and doesn't know what to say, and leaves quickly.
One of my friends has a disability, and it amazes me every time someone assumes she's my daughter (she's only four years younger than me...), or that I must be a caregiver, etc. Because it seems unfathomable to people that my friend would actually be capable of having friends. Either that, or they assume that no one would want to be friends with her, because of her disability. Never mind the fact that my friend has a Master's Degree...
***END POTENTIAL SPOILER***
It's kind of the old saying, "Never judge a book by its cover." Well, that saying is never more true than with this movie. Everyone should see it. I laughed so much while watching it.
Truly a delight! Brilliant portrayals by Sigourney Weaver and Alan Rickman.
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