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Snow Falling on Cedars

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"
United States
Variety
"Impeccably crafted but dramatically dull"
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"
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)" 
United States
New York Post
"The year's most beautiful movie -- and surely one of the dullest."
United States
Los Angeles Times
Has to fight to hold our attention and it doesn't always succeed
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."
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The Burning Wild Man (TV Series)
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