Snow Angels

  • 2008


MOVIE IS lyrically wonderful effective devastating artistic
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Positive Reviews 46
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Average Rating 3.7/5
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4.5
Rockwell cooks up a complex, deceptively lighthearted portrait of a flake who caves in to something tormented. EW
1.9
Which isnt to say that we dont form a relationship with these creatures.
4.5
What, after all, is Snow Angels It feels like a comedy at first and is often blackly comedic, but it also reflects a universe in which each human spin ..
3.5
Hopefully, one of these days, Green will be bold enough to make a movie where nothing happens, where conversation is both his means and his end.
5.0
A strangely exhilarating and undeniably powerful work of American cinema that is sure to go down as one of the very best films of the year. E Film Critic
3.8
Hes got a winning smile and a way with girls thats more playful than sexual. San Francisco Chronicle
3.1
Rockwells never been a guy who makes a movie comfortable, but when he turns up in this film, he brings along a serious case of the willies. Ny Daily News
4.4
The writing and the performances are such that as things go from bad (sad motel room affairs) to worse (a 4 year old gone missing), the films characte .. Philly
4.0
A quirky coming of age drama set in a small town in 1974 that revolves around the mysteries of love, loss, and human yearning. Spirituality And Practice
3.2
Worth seeing despite its flaws and the deep depression its likely to leave you with. One Guys Opinion
1.5
Green keeps mum until the end, charging his tale with an effective (if manipulative) aura of suspense. Village Voice
3.2
It starts out as a lyrically beautiful work, but goes amiss at the halfway mark and concludes with a misplaced harrowing finale. Sover
3.1
Films like Snow Angels, although technically proficient, can be frustrating when all the elements dont gel. ReelViews
2.5
Although he doesnt yet realize it, someone Arthur knows well has been murdered. Tv Guide
4.4
The movies greatest trick is that its very funny for its first hour, until the drama settles in.) Combust Ible Celluloid
4.5
Its a relatively impersonal project for Green, though the performances are never less than genuine and the two stories unfold in graceful counterpoint .. Chicago Reader
2.8
...in the end the movie feels like tragedy propped up as art with overworked art direction and misdirected male actors.
3.8
Filmmaker David Gordon Green offers up a low key, deliberately paced narrative that proves an ideal complement for John Pollonos subdued screenplay, a .. Reel Film Reviews
4.2
But thats the problem with insular small town life: Everyone has a history with everyone. Eric Ds Nider
3.0
Yes, thats another memorable thing about Snow Angels: Its really depressing. News Review
1.5
Blessed with wonderful material and cast, Green, who again shows his respect for the naturalism of real moments, steers clear of soap opera or familia .. Film Journal International ..
2.5
The characters all share a sense of loneliness, sadness and impending doom. Like walking black holes, they are the types of people that youd want to a .. Internet Reviews
4.5
Yes, its painful, but Snow Angels is so full of rich performances and characterizations that even gunshots cant kill its power. Az Central
2.5
Even the idiosyncratic generational solipsism of Real Girls has turned fatuous and dull full of stale air. Boston
3.1
Griffin Dunne, a much under utilized actor, isnt given much to work with here. Toronto Star
3.5
After the artistic and commercial failure of Undertow (his only genre film), Green is back on terra firma with a grim and harsh yet lyrical dissection .. Emanuellevy
4.5
Impressive for the mood it creates, the film may not totally satisfy, but the characters are richly depicted and reflect the snowy winter chill that s ..
3.0
And while audiences might think theyre getting something meaningful and real, what it seems like theyre really getting is just a different, less expen .. Movies
4.5
With a deep understanding of his characters, Green has crafted a film thats devastating and uplifting without sounding a false note. Flim Threet
4.4
In its painfully accurate portrayal of characters struggling to make their way in a world that oftentimes seems cruelly unfair and confusing, Snow Ang .. The Movie Boy
2.0
But Snow Angels, especially in its overwrought second half, merely wallows in unearned sadness; all of its artful lens flares cant substitute for beli .. Las Vegas Weekly
2.5
Snow Angels begins with a wink, but it ends with a sucker punch. And somehow this doesnt feel fair. Calendar Live
4.5
For all the misery and emotional mess of Snow Angels, Green finds resilience and hope in the kids and even in some of the grown ups. Seattle Pi
3.8
There is hope in devastation, new chances for life in the passing throws of tragic death, and Green has all this and more on his mind as his story sta .. Movie Freak
4.0
Its not that hes particularly boring, or that Rockwell doesnt do excellent work with him, but a little Glen goes a long way, and Greens loss of perspe ..
3.1
The lesson seems to be dont be poor, youll live longer which is great advice, but hardly thought provoking (or practical). Movie Habit
4.2
Sam Rockwell and Kate Beckinsale are each as good as theyve ever been as the central, troubled couple, and the rest of the cast also impresses. Oregon Live
4.5
this stellar cast uniformly captures both the flaws and the humor of their characters amid the pathos. Boxoffice Magazine
4.5
Powerful performances all around, but too many tangled and twisted family trees. Scorecard, please. News Blaze
4.0
The most flawed film by a tremendously important American director. Antagony & Ecstasy
4.4
Incisive, ferociously acted, relentlessly somber character piece by writer director David Gordon Green features powerhouse performances by Sam Rockwel .. Big Picture Big Sound
4.0
Arthur for all his dread is most likely to survive intact because hes a seeker. Hollywood Chicago
5.0
Close in spirit to George Washington and All the Real Girls, with quirky characters, a bittersweet tone and an effortless sense of time and place. Montreal Film Journal
3.5
Green is a director who takes his time with characters, allowing their different sides to self illustrate in naturalistic settings as he simultaneousl .. Window To The Movies
3.8
And if if you can get past that climax, youll find some ameliorative hope and even joy in the final few scenes, the faintest suggestion that life isnt .. Chron
3.0
Throughout, Greens command of time and place proves unfaltering, carefully unspooling revelations that surprise, enlighten and haunt to the bitter end .. Jam! Movies
2.5
...the films positive attributes were for me not quite enough to make up for the movies unrelentingly grim tone. Movie Metropolis
5.0
Every so often, a movie comes along that knocks the wind out of you. Snow Angels is one of them. Aisle Seat
2.2
So do the final 15 minutes negate the power of all thats gone before Unfortunately, yes. Unless, that is, youre in the mood to embrace awfulness. In w .. Detroit News
3.8
If you do not believe that divorce can be among the most stressful events of a persons life, you will after this intense film. Compuserve
4.4
We love you no matter what your job is, a character tells her son. Thats a love that this very humanistic if dark film asks us to extend to everybody, .. Commercial Appeal
3.8
Snow Angels can painfully burrow into ones heart, but such is the cost of empathy, or any human connection for that matter. Reel Times: Reflections on ..
4.4
Snow Angels will please steadfast Green fans, even if its star power makes it seem as if hes been inching toward the mainstream all along. Sun Times
4.4
By the time this intense, well made drama has run its inevitable course you might well want to collapse in the snow and wave your own arms up and down .. Imdb
2.5
A great director shines a light into the lives of the ordinary; a lame one offs a child and pretends thats magnitude. Ie Weekly
2.5
It feels sort of like a poor mans version of American Beauty, stripped of all the good parts and devoted only to a low budget wallowing in misery that .. Reelz Channel
3.8
Rockwell, who brought a sense of desperate unease to his roles in The Assassination of Jesse James and Confessions of a Dangerous Mind, does the same .. Rossiter Drake
1.5
Tragedy is juxtaposed, clumsily, with stories from the so called life of a high school student, as if the plot had sprained something in the course of .. Spin
3.8
Green doesnt want the viewer dumbfounded as to how to react so much as to match every laugh with a shudder. Its a balance of humiliation and empathy t ..



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