Review of Snow Angels (2007) by Radcliff M — 12 Oct 2008
Snow angels is somber and occasionally beautiful look at residents in a small winter town. The film starts with two gun shots in the distance and then rewinds several weeks to show us the events leading up it.
Starring Kate Beckinsale, Sam Rockwell, Michael Angarano, and Olivia Thirlby all in truely spectacular performances. This is really a breakthrough for Beckinsale who has done purely pop culture junk requiring little to no acting talent.
In this she is strong and devastating and truly great. Sam Rockwell has done a lot of good work lately as well, but he's particularily tragic here as a real mess of a man coming off a suicide attempt who has recently found religion.
Michael Angarano and Olivia Thirlby play high school classmate starting to fall in love. Their relationship is real and sweet. This movie is grounded in reality and ends in tragedy. It is very effective and extremely well made.
One of the best films of the year.
This review of Snow Angels (2007) was written by Radcliff M on 12 Oct 2008.
Snow Angels has generally received positive reviews.
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