The Sweet Hereafter (1997)

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Snow Angels
by atacta in atacta Blog

loved it.

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"This is Altman vs. Anderson, plus Ice Storm and Affliction and a little Sweet Hereafter plus Warner Brothers plus the saddest no dialogue communication scene involving the death of a child (with the possible exception of Sean Penn inMystic River) plus Todd Fields plus a score that could have been much better had DGG hired me. Plus Warner Brothers (is their final stamp all over it or am I silly b****). Amy Sedaris (absolutely love her) casting really bad. Rockwell and Beckinsale earned a new respect from me – its melodrama that generally gets me anyway. The random trio (older black man, middle-aged woman and Rockwell) scene is very touching. The ending - a misogynistic portrayal of divorce? Been through one, related to the film in that way.First David Gordon Green and I admire it. The Ice Storm (1997) Affliction (1997) The Sweet He " [More]

Haunting and Powerful
by radiogerbil in radiogerbil Blog

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"“The Sweet Hereafter” is an exquisitely crafted film in which pain and loss reign supreme when a small town loses most of their children to a devastating bus accident. Shortly thereafter, a driven attorney arrives and tries to reopen their pain and stir their grief into a class-action lawsuit against the bus manufacturer. The lone survivor of the accident, a teenage girl, narrates the film by using the fable of the Pied Piper as the framework for the film’s events. The story is told in three simultaneous narrative streams that deftly weave together to form a beautiful narrative. The backstory of how the accident happened forms the first stream while the aftershock and lawsuit forms the second. The third stream is quite enigmatic and is never resolved but provides much depth to the life of the attorney and shows why he does what he does. Ian Holm is fantastic as the seemingly amoral attorney who drives the parents into a frenzy of revenge, but his characte ... " [More]

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