Snow Falling on Cedars
1,801
Romance. Drama
This is the film based on the best-selling novel of the same name by David Guterson. Hawke plays a journalist whose World War II memories come flooding back as he covers a murder trial on a remote Pacific Northwest island. Turns out the man accused of murdering a Washington state fisherman has a Japanese wife who the reporter was once deeply in love with and who he still has the hots for.
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United States | Boston Globe | "The kind of richly layered film that Hollywood seldom attempts, much less brings off. But it's more than brought off here" | POS |
United States | Variety | "Impeccably crafted but dramatically dull" | NEG |
United States | TV Guide | "Flawed, but fascinating, this somber adaptation of David Guterson's award-winning novel is sometimes sluggish and difficult to follow, but it's also unexpectedly poetic" | POS |
United States | USA Today | "'Snow Falling on Cedars' does the impossible: It is predictable and confusing at the same time. But it also is a handsomely shot, delicately felt film that has some poignant moments (...) Rating: ★★ (out of 4)" | NEU |
United States | New York Post | "The year's most beautiful movie -- and surely one of the dullest." | NEG |
United States | Los Angeles Times | Has to fight to hold our attention and it doesn't always succeed | NEU |
United States | Los Angeles Times | "Movies made from serious novels are often ridiculed as unworthy of their sources, but this one may be too worthy -- too reverent, too showy, too earnest." | NEU |
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