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Snow Cake [DVD] [2006]
enlarge	Director: Marc Evans Actors: Alan Rickman, Sigourney Weaver, Carrie-Anne Moss Studio: Cinema Club Category: DVD List Price: ~~£15.99~~ Buy New: £4.12 as of 23/11/2009 07:24 GMT details You Save: £11.87 (74%) New (16) Used (3) Collectible (1) from £3.25 Seller: direct_offers_uk Rating: 27 reviews Sales Rank: 6802 Format: Anamorphic, PAL Language: English (Original Language) Rating: Suitable for 15 years and over Region: 2 Aspect Ratio: 1.78:1 Number Of Discs: 1 Running Time: 107 Minutes Shipping Weight (lbs): 0.2 Dimensions (in): 7.1 x 5.4 x 0.6 EAN: 5014138303891 ASIN: B000IMVERI Theatrical Release Date: 2006 Release Date: February 5, 2007 Availability: Usually dispatched within 1-2 business days


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Editorial Reviews: Amazon.co.uk Review Anchored by terrific performances from Sigourney Weaver and Alan Rickman, ISnow Cake/I is a challenging, at times uneasy way to spend the best part of two hours. Yet it's a strong, mature drama that deserves to be seen.PWeaver plays Linda Freeman, an active, autistic woman, and her path crosses with Rickman's Alex Hughes. Hughes is the survivor of a car accident that's killed Freeman's daughter, and he's still heavily traumatised as he seeks out Freeman to deliver the news.PYet from this melancholy promise, ISnow Cake/I then builds into an affirming, delicate drama of real merit. It's in the small touches that it scores, ironically hitting its weakest moments when it tries to implement one or two ideas that don't quite gel. But these are minor quibbles in an otherwise fine piece of cinema. Clearly its Rickman and Weaver's film, but credit too should go to the able supporting cast, led by IThe Matrix/I's Carrie-Ann Moss, along with Emily Hampshire and David Fox.PIf you like your films simple and easy, then perhaps ISnow Cake/I isn't going to be your movie of choice. But if you're willing to try something that's restrained, challenging and in many ways surprising, then ISnow Cake/I comes warmly commended. --IJon Foster/I

Customer Reviews: Showing reviews 1-5 of 27 1 2 3 4 5 6 Next » A wonderful and uplifting experience February 2, 2007 Satchmo (UK) 34 out of 34 found this review helpful The best portrayal of Autism on screen I have ever seen. This is a tour de force from Sigourney Weaver as Linda, in her finest role, a role that is both funny and tragic in equal measure. She has perfectly captured the abrupt but innocent and logic driven mentality of someone with ASD. Alan Rickman is also excellent as the laconic ex-con who is forced upon Linda's world through a tragedy. br / br /The film is beautifully and gently paced and as the father of a daughter with ASD I found it refreshing to find such an uplifting and accurate portrayal of the condition. br / br /Just wonderful. Please buy this beautiful film January 17, 2007 Sigourney's Toyboy (UK) 15 out of 15 found this review helpful This was the best film in 2006 I saw. The performances are amazing, the story beautiful. It is basically about being comfortable in your own skin by overcoming your inner demons. Snow Cake was not recognised at all at the Golden Globes, BAFTAs and probably not the Oscars - it is their loss - they are all stupid for not recognising this amazing and powerful film!!! Be apart of this experience and sit back and enjoy and get lost in Snow Cake - how "dazlious"!!! The best film ever February 3, 2007 Sarah (Plymouth, UK) 24 out of 25 found this review helpful This is the best film I have seen in such a long, long time. It is beautifully done and with a little humour. The actors are brilliant and I congratulate Weaver for her studying and befriending an autistic woman in the UK for her inspiration - it certainly paid off in the film. br / br /I can't enthuse about this production enough - it should have won awards - buy it! An excellent drama March 3, 2007 M. Pothecary (Shetland) 11 out of 11 found this review helpful This film gives excellent portrayal of the idiosyncratic personality of a person who is autistic, how they relate to the world around them, and interact with the people who come into their lives. br / br /I though that Sigourney Weaver was completely believable in her depiction of Linda. Alan Richman was wonderful as the tortured Alex, who gained spiritually from his brief relationship with Linda. br / br /I thought is was a powerful, and moving story that anyone who is interested in autism should watch. A Real treat! February 11, 2007 F. Proctor (Plymouth. UK) 10 out of 10 found this review helpful Yet another film with world class performances from all the actors that hasn't recieved the accolades it should. br / br /Alan Rickman delivers a subtle, sad performance with a vein of humour and pathos that is a treat to watch. br / br /Sigourney Weaver kicks Rain Man into touch with a truly mesmerising screen presence that I feel privilaged to have seen. br / br /Carrie-Ann Moss is superb and all the other actors are marvelous, especially Emily Hampshire who delivers a full and wonderful performance. This is a quality film and my hat goes off to the writer Angela Pell for a moving story. br / br /Thank you Showing reviews 1-5 of 27 1 2 3 4 5 6 Next »

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