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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.
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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Alex (Alan Rickman), a tight-lipped Englishman recently freed from prison, is driving through Ontario when he begrudgingly picks up the vivacious teenage hitchhiker Vivienne (Emily Hampshire). On the outskirts of her hometown, a truck hits the car. Vivienne dies instantly and Alex finds himself, for the second time in his life, grieving for someone he never knew.
Devastated by the accident, Alex goes to the frozen backwater of Wawa, Ontario to visit Vivienne's mother Linda (Sigourney Weaver). There, he discovers that she is autistic with an unconventional take on life and mourning. Drawn in to the small frozen backwater community, Alex soon forms a close relationship with Linda, begins an affair with her sassy neighbour Maggie (Carrie-Anne Moss), and becomes the object of scrutiny by the ineffectual local law enforcement officer Clyde (James Allodi). As the funeral approaches, life in Wawa seems to have enabled Alex to face the present, but how will he cope when the dark secrets of his past finally emerge?
Devastated by the accident, Alex goes to the frozen backwater of Wawa, Ontario to visit Vivienne's mother Linda (Sigourney Weaver). There, he discovers that she is autistic with an unconventional take on life and mourning. Drawn in to the small frozen backwater community, Alex soon forms a close relationship with Linda, begins an affair with her sassy neighbour Maggie (Carrie-Anne Moss), and becomes the object of scrutiny by the ineffectual local law enforcement officer Clyde (James Allodi). As the funeral approaches, life in Wawa seems to have enabled Alex to face the present, but how will he cope when the dark secrets of his past finally emerge?
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43 of 43 people found the following review helpful:
5.0 out of 5 stars
A wonderful and uplifting experience,
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This review is from: Snow Cake [DVD] (2006) (DVD)
The best portrayal of Autism on screen I have ever seen. This is a tour de force from Sigourney Weaver as Linda, in her finest role, a role that is both funny and tragic in equal measure. She has perfectly captured the abrupt but innocent and logic driven mentality of someone with ASD. Alan Rickman is also excellent as the laconic ex-con who is forced upon Linda's world through a tragedy.
The film is beautifully and gently paced and as the father of a daughter with ASD I found it refreshing to find such an uplifting and accurate portrayal of the condition. Just wonderful.
18 of 18 people found the following review helpful:
5.0 out of 5 stars
Please buy this beautiful film,
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This review is from: Snow Cake [DVD] (2006) (DVD)
This was the best film in 2006 I saw. The performances are amazing, the story beautiful. It is basically about being comfortable in your own skin by overcoming your inner demons. Snow Cake was not recognised at all at the Golden Globes, BAFTAs and probably not the Oscars - it is their loss - they are all stupid for not recognising this amazing and powerful film!!! Be apart of this experience and sit back and enjoy and get lost in Snow Cake - how "dazlious"!!!
13 of 13 people found the following review helpful:
5.0 out of 5 stars
An excellent drama,
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This review is from: Snow Cake [DVD] (2006) (DVD)
This film gives excellent portrayal of the idiosyncratic personality of a person who is autistic, how they relate to the world around them, and interact with the people who come into their lives.
I though that Sigourney Weaver was completely believable in her depiction of Linda. Alan Richman was wonderful as the tortured Alex, who gained spiritually from his brief relationship with Linda. I thought is was a powerful, and moving story that anyone who is interested in autism should watch.
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