Saturday, April 5, 2008

SNOW ANGELS




Drama

PRINCIPAL CAST MEMBERS
Michael Angarano: high school student Arthur, bus boy in a Chinese restaurant
Kate Beckinsale: his former babysitter Annie, now a waitress
Amy Sedaris: Annie’s friend and co-worker Barb
Gracie Hudson: Annie’s 4-year-old daughter Tara
Jeannetta Arnette: Arthur's mother Louise
Griffin Dunne: Arthur's father Don
Sam Rockwell: Annie’s husband Glenn
Nicky Katt: Barb’s husband Nate
Olivia Thirlby: new student Lila

REVIEW
The acting is uniformly excellent and very believable. As evidenced by the huge cast the movie is about relationships, both the family sort and the romantic type. Given that all this takes place in a small town it’s not surprising their lives intertwine and it takes some effort to keep things sorted out.

It’s almost like there are two movies in one as a lot is going on. But there is little joy, very little.

CLASSIFICATION
for language, some violent content, brief sexuality and drug use (one puff!).

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