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My husband and I ordered this movie through Netflicks (since it never came to a theatre near us), and were so impressed with it we purchased a copy for our own video library and to share with friends. It is a poignant (often funny), beautifully written, intelligent, compassionate work exploring the courage it takes for ordinary--as well as uniquely challenged--humans to get through life with their basic goodness and decency intact. The acting is superb, the story believable; you want to know these people. A wonderful, uplifting drama for intelligent grownups; why do movies like this not get the wide distribution they deserve?
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Sigourney Weaver was brilliant as a very verbal autistic woman who loses her daughter in an auto accident. Alan Rickman does a credible job as the driver who had picked up the hitchhiking 15-year-old. However, the film is rather slow, and the indoor sets have dismal dark lighting--not exactly cheery or uplifting. The character of Maggie (played by Carrie-Anne Moss) is the least developed and somewhat of an enigma.
(WARNING: SPOILER) The story centers around the redemption of the characters, as they meet around the central event of the daughter's death and the resulting funeral arrangements. Rickman, an ex-con who had killed a man in a rage (the man had been driving drunk and killed Rickman's son), re-lives that event all over again but this time has the chance to do it right. Weaver learns how to become more social. And Maggie? It appears that Maggie now has a new friend in Rickman, even though he decides to leave the little town and move on in his life. At least Maggie is now able to enter Weaver's house, despite Weaver's protests, to help with chores etc. We also see a change in the people of the small town as they learn to become more tolerant of Weaver's unconventional responses to death, to lots of people in her house, and more.
Despite the good to excellent acting of Weaver and Rickman, I wouldn't recommend this movie unless you wanted a slow night and had nothing else to watch.
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Snow Cake is a as spare and beautiful a film as the stark landscape in which its story is set. A story of acceptance, personal redemption, and tolerance, each of its main characters struggles against personal demons and social prejudice. A horrible accident is both the catalyst for the meeting of the main characters (Weaver's Linda along with the brilliant Alan Rickman as Alex and Carrie-Anne Moss as Maggie)and the fulcrum of each of these character's personal crises moments. Emotionally moving while restrained from manipulation, the beauty of Snow Cake rests in the strong, courageous spirits of these three, memorable characters.
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This is such a beautiful movie. I have an autistic son, although his autism is usually less obvious than Linda's, I suppose. Although Linda and my son are very different in the specific details, there were countless moments that had me both laughing and crying, because they were very, very familiar. The actors all did a superb job in their individual roles. Alan Rickman, as usual, is awesome at every moment down to the smallest details, from the dramatic accident scene to sitting in Vivienne's room and looking at her poems and artwork, to the look of bewildered exaspiration during one of Linda's meltdowns, to cleaning up the dog vomit while trying not to let Linda know he's been in the kitchen. You won't want to leave the room without pausing the dvd player.
There are many funny bits throughout the movie, mingled in with the heart-wrenching bits. In fact, often, the heart-wrenching bits ARE the funny bits, and that is part of the beauty of this film. This is a movie that really makes you FEEL a lot, at least it did me. I've watched it many times, and it always makes me feel kind of tingly. However, there is nothing sappy about it.
On top of the excellent acting and wonderful story, it's also a visually pleasing film. Most of the music is very good, too, and even that dreadfully annoying song that Linda listens to when she's stressed out is appropriate because of it's weirdness.
My only gripe is that every time I watch it, I start out by turning up the volume a bit to listen to the music and get kind of mesmerized watching Alex in those opening scenes, and then that truck suddenly drives by really LOUD and nearly gives me a heart attack. I never learn.
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'Snow Cake' is an incredibly touching film. Despite the early character death, it is a lovely and feel-good film that made me cry and laugh. It speaks truly for autism / high functioning autistic people and Sigourney Weaver does a tremendous portrayal of a HFA person. She is very believable which is hard to find in films these days. Alan Rickman is also in his element and this is perhaps one of his best films yet. Definitely a film I'm glad to own because I want to watch it over and over again. Buy it for yourself, a friend, or both--- I doubt you'll be disappointed.
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