Review of Snow Falling on Cedars (1999) by Lunam. — 08 Apr 2008
The scattered fragments of the story are overwhelmed by the film's weighty, somber, pretentious cinematography and score. Visually poetic and lovingly photographed. But one ponderously slow scene follows another.
Snippets of same are then repeated through flashbacks. Over-use of crying babies to dramatize bad news. Plenty of passion and talent were behind the making of this movie, but for me it was too self-conscious, gloomy and (watch as the rain drips drips drips) SLOW.
This review of Snow Falling on Cedars (1999) was written by Lunam. on 08 Apr 2008.
Snow Falling on Cedars has generally received mixed reviews.
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