Spidersecu Don't Believe the Hype

Joanna Mccarty Amazing worth wacthing. So good. Biased but well made with many good points.

Orla Zuniga It is interesting even when nothing much happens, which is for most of its 3-hour running time. Read full review

Zandra The movie turns out to be a little better than the average. Starting from a romantic formula often seen in the cinema, it ends in the most predictable (and somewhat bland) way.

M AR I can tell what they were trying to do here. Make a film that real life drama film ended up like a lifetime movie that missed the cut. If you have ever seen a movie that made you think, what the F*** was that? This is probably similar to that movie.There is not one likable character in this movie.Unfit mother. Depressed, psycho, alcoholic ex. New boyfriend who is a degenerate. The best thing about this movie was the credits when it ended.

janschbern This film is one full of tragedy, sadness, loss - a bit of humour, found love, lost love, meaning of life and questions of why people are the way the are - or are not. One of the characters explains that when trouble comes, she hides. Her advice is not to be like she is. But she makes no effort to explain how to do this. There is much about broken relationships, damaged resonsibilites, of who is right or wrong. Life goes on, so the saying goes. But, it doesn't go on the way people think it should or hope it would. This film is fraught with some of the most annoying characters to ever fill the wide screen. There is no real explanation for their accumulated anger - just that they are angry. Each of the most angry are shown having times of complete calm and reason. At other times, they explode in anger - to the point of verbal or other violence. Makes no sense. The question is why? Are they all nuts? Do they all hate each other so much - or is it the semi-nasty weather? Who knows. Sam Rockwell seems to be regularly good at playing over the top characters. He does fine here. But, its all over the top. Its plain annoying - and it doesn't make a bit of sense, in my humble opinion. The others, principals and supporting, at least seem to have reason. But, the huge outbursts don't necessarily hold. As I said, it makes little sense, in my humble opinion. Others may see some great tragedy in all that develops. There are some cute scenes between two characters which act as counterpoint to all the meanness. And the scenes of the marching band that can't march add some lightness. In the end, this is a mediocre film, often slow, often boring. The resolutions to the various human conflicts come as no surprises. A film well worth avoiding.

Rodrigo Amaro The end of two marriages and some of the consequences that comes after with two different couples, two different families and with two different results intersect in the story of "Snow Angels". The Marchand family and The Parkinson family are under some heavy changes and we're gonna see how they're gonna deal with it, if they're gonna act as desperate to make things right again or if they're really trying to do something good or positive of it or not. Arthur (Michael Angarano) as many other teenagers is confused with many issues, and is conflicted with the recent separation of his parents. Even worst that now his dad (Griffin Dunne) is already going out with another women. Arthur works in a restaurant along with Annie (Kate Beckinsale) who were his babysitter when he was younger and he had crush on her (sill has) but he doesn't move it along to a romantic level because she's a little older for him and she recently ended a relationship with Glenn (Sam Rockwell), a unpredictable and irresponsible man but also the father of their daughter. Glenn is trying to make things different now. He finds a temporary job, he's more religious, among other things and he wants to get back to Annie but she's already seeing someone, Nate (Nicky Katt) her best friend's husband. Again, love relationships go back and forth here, few right beginnings and too many sad endings. But we have the beautiful relationship between Arthur and Lila (Olivia Thirlby); she tries hard to show to him that she likes him, but he thinks she likes him as a friend, but when they talk to each other and understand how things work, things start to get it right. By the way I think that "awkward and funny" conversations between the two was one of the most realistic things I've ever seen in terms of films. In the drama is settled right in the beginning that something tragical is going to happen, we're not sure why or what, and the interesting is that when we finally are enjoying the story, seeing the problems of the characters we almost forget this fact. Writer and director David Gordon Green divided the story in a interesting way. A subtle and calm presentation of characters and their lives, then one big event that shocks everyone, and the dramatic result of that event. Annie and Glenn little daughter disappearance is this event, and then she is found dead by Arhtur and his friend. I was surprised with this fact first because the story didn't follow this path, after all, besides the problems between the former couple they are dedicated fathers in their ways; and second, something happened to the girl and here in this movie I wasn't expecting possible answers for what happened, it seemed so right on the line, direct, with no false clues (things that usually occurs in many other films).After watching Green's "Undertow" (great film about a journey and what happens in it) and this one I can truly say that the director really knows how to make a simple movie interesting, worth watching despite its downer themes, yet he can put some questions and he doesn't force anyone to want answers, they will come naturally as soon as you watch the films and pay attention to details in it or details in life. Sam Rockwell in the role of Glenn has one of the most interesting performances of the movie. I think he's got the most down to earth role of his career, as a loser character who always tries to change things, but he can't for some strange reasons, his changes always takes him to a dangerous way, even fighting with Nate and Annie, or getting drunk. His reactions in the end were shocking yet real in some ways. I really wasn't expecting that. As a warning I say to you that this a matter of discussion for many viewers and many of them disliked the movie because of that. But who cares? Watch it and see it for yourself and think about it. 10/10

ken_bethell If you are feeling low before viewing this film be warned that you could be suicidal by its conclusion! Dramas of this nature can be entertaining if you can identify and perhaps empathise with a particular character during his or her predicament.But apart from the teenage rite-of-passage episode there was nobody who had any attractive qualities that you could care about.Even the bloody demise of Kate Beckinsale's character made one feel that there was no great loss.I feel that her part should have been a lot softer to engender sympathy and pluck the emotional heartstrings.But no, nothing but a void.Even the old style English 'kitchen sink' dramas had some redeeming features but not this. No criticism of the acting which was first rate just the narrative. You could hardly imagine the cast and crew having a party after the final shoot.They probably couldn't get away fast enough!