Review of Winter Passing (2006) by Paul T — 21 Mar 2012
When self-destructive theater actress Reese Holden (Zooey Deschanel) receives a lucrative offer from a publicist to purchase a series of love letters written by her renowned novelist parents, she reluctantly agrees.
Taking a bus ride back home to her estranged father (Ed Harris), she shows up at the door to find a strange man living in her fathers house(Will Ferrell) and her dad living in the shed out back, which sets the tone for the story about her father's strange behaviors.
Finding her father in a mentally deteriorating state, she tries to remain emotionally withdrawn and focus on finding the letters, but that proves too difficult when being home again opens up too many old wounds from her past.
This is a very good (but very slow) character driven melodrama about broken relationships, healing, and redemption. Definitely worth checking out.
This review of Winter Passing (2006) was written by Paul T on 21 Mar 2012.
Winter Passing has generally received positive reviews.
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