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Snow Cake Reviews

2006

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Sometimes stopping is the most important part of the journey... A drama focused on the friendship between a high-functioning autistic woman (Weaver) and a man (Rickman) who is traumatised after a fatal car accident... Read more

Starring	Alan Rickman, Sigourney Weaver, Carrie-Anne Moss
Director	Marc Evans, Steve Cosens
Genres	Drama

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- The debate about actors playing disabled characters is well rehearsed. On the one hand, it offers these lives dramatic... read more on Time Out
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  Beautiful experience
  
  I totally agree with previous reviewer. I came out of this film feeling that I'd seen something small and special. It's ... read more »
  
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  Wonderful and Inspiring
  
  Wonderful film and superb acting by Sigorney Weaver. It balances humour,sadness, and passion in a way that leaves you inspired. I dont know any one autistic but... read more »
  
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- - DavidLeeds
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  - 04 Feb 2012 at 01:01
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  Rent this one. You won't regret it.
  
  Great film. I was captivated. I wish more films were this good.
  
  I loved the whole snow, sparkly, twinkly thing. I'm a little like that myself. I ... read more »
  
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- - Brenna747
  - 31 reviews
  - Oakley
  - 25 Nov 2011 at 12:01
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  Snow Cake
  
  Wow, quite simply wonderful performances by sigourney weaver and alan rickman. I really enjoyed this film. Great story, superbly acted with fantastic music. ... read more »
  
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- - Tatster
  - 46 reviews
  - stowmarket, suffolk
  - 11 Sep 2011 at 19:05
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  Makes you feel warm.
  
  What a diamond of a film. Really enjoyed this. Stirling performance from the lead characters drew me in and made me care what happened to them. Why is this film... read more »
  
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  - 29 Aug 2011 at 14:32
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  - 2
  guilt, repression, and sex
  
  a plausibly unsensationalist story about moral responsibility sadly spoilt by TOTALLY unnecessary, implausible, and contradicting (to the point of the film) sex... read more »
  
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- - snakebitelove
  - 4 reviews
  - 14 Aug 2011 at 08:50
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  Treat
  
  Really enjoyable movie quite a surprise but captivating
  
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  - Portland England
  - 24 Jun 2011 at 19:06
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  Absoultely Beautiful.
  
  Absoultely Beautiful. A really nice portrail of autism and especially some of the sensory differences. And I love the way it doesnt claim to be about every ... read more »
  
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  - 19 May 2011 at 12:45
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  Delightful and a new way of looking at the world
  
  Just an amazing portrayal of autism.
  
  Rickman plays a withdrawn writer, angry with the world but suppressing his anger (why, comes out later). He ... read more »
  
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- - HugoM
  - 11 reviews
  - 03 May 2011 at 20:51
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  Must watch movie
  
  Don't miss this film it is a truly remarkable tale of an autistic woman's struggle to live a 'normal' life, whatever normal is. Weaver is ... read more »
  
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  - 02 May 2011 at 15:33
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  Different, and way better than expected
  
  Really enjoyed this movie. No Hype, no special effects, simple story, nice ending.
  
  What more could you ask for.
  
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- - Snow Man
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  - 07 Jan 2011 at 13:31
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  Beautiful experience
  
  I totally agree with previous reviewer. I came out of this film feeling that I'd seen something small and special. It's ... read more »
  
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  - Hove
  - 25 Nov 2006 at 20:08
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  a beautiful film
  
  Have you have ever found it uncomfortable to laugh at a film, because it's about a person with a disability? This beautiful film deals with disability, ... read more »
  
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- - Helenaveyard
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  - Lake District
  - 23 Nov 2006 at 20:14
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  truly special special film
  
  this is a wonderful piece of honest and beautiful cinema, signourney weaver and alan rickman are just incredible, and I cried and cried. the characters are so ... read more »
  
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  - Manchester
  - 20 Jan 2007 at 13:12
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  Absolute Gem!
  
  Fantastic acting by Alan Rickman and Sigourney Weaver, a very moving and touching story. I love it so much that I am going to buy it. ... read more »
  
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  - Kent, England
  - 04 Feb 2007 at 18:32
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  terrific sensitive intelligent funny film
  
  Rickman is his usual hilariously deadpan self, while Sigourney Weaver is a revelation as the autistic mother of a girl who dies in his car (give that woman an ... read more »
  
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  - London
  - 26 Feb 2007 at 09:46
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  Snow Cake
  
  What can I say that hasn't already been said (in the positive reviews)?
  
  I loved this film and would highly reccomend it. The scene of the ... read more »
  
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- - Lynne
  - Cumbria, England
  - 03 Mar 2007 at 00:08
- - 9
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  ~Extrodinary story
  
  There isn't much to write about this film that hasn't been covered already. I will just reiterate what has been said before, and much better, by other ... read more »
  
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- - morebees
  - 15 reviews
  - Derby
  - 05 Apr 2007 at 14:55
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  A touching tale
  
  Superb acting from the whole cast but in particular Alan Rickman and Sigourney Weaver who create roles so convincing that you are really drawn in to their world... read more »
  
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- - Phil Marriott
  - Southampton, England
  - 11 Mar 2007 at 20:24
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  Totally Boring
  
  Yeah, there are some talented actors in this flic. But after the happenings at the begining it drags and drags. I actually stopped watching it halfway through ... read more »
  
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  - London
  - 05 Sep 2007 at 09:54
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  A gem!
  
  I really really liked this film and I am afraid I let it sit on my livingroom floor for about a week before I picked it up thinking 'Oh well, I suppose I ... read more »
  
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- - Monica in Tayside
  - Tayside
  - 07 Apr 2007 at 10:11

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