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Anchored by terrific performances from Sigourney Weaver and Alan Rickman, Snow Cake is a challenging, at times uneasy way to spend the best part of two hours. Yet it’s a strong, mature drama that deserves to be seen.
Anchored by terrific performances from Sigourney Weaver and Alan Rickman, Snow Cake is a challenging, at times uneasy way to spend the best part of two hours. Yet it’s a strong, mature drama that deserves to be seen.
Weaver plays Linda Freeman, an active, autistic woman, and her path crosses with Rickman’s Alex Hughes. Hughes is the survivor of a car accident that’s killed Freeman’s daughter, and he’s still heavily traumatised as he seeks out Freeman to deliver the news.
Yet from this melancholy promise, Snow Cake then builds into an affirming, delicate drama of real merit. It’s in the small touches that it scores, ironically hitting its weakest moments when it tries to implement one or two ideas that don’t quite gel. But these are minor quibbles in an otherwise fine piece of cinema. Clearly its Rickman and Weaver’s film, but credit too should go to the able supporting cast, led by The Matrix’s Carrie-Ann Moss, along with Emily Hampshire and David Fox.
If you like your films simple and easy, then perhaps Snow Cake isn’t going to be your movie of choice. But if you’re willing to try something that’s restrained, challenging and in many ways surprising, then Snow Cake comes warmly commended. --Jon Foster
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Acting heavyweights Alan Rickman and Sigourney Weaver star in this searing drama that delves into the way in which we handle grief. Stopping for a pretty hitchhiker, little does Alex (Alan Rickman) know that his simple act of kindness will change his life, forever, as the car carrying the couple crashes. Alex emerges from the accident, but Vivienne tragically dies. Wrought with guilt, Alex seeks out Vivienne’s family and aids her autistic mother Linda (Sigourney Weaver) with the funeral arrangements. However, Alex is unprepared for how Linda’s insular community embrace him…
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