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A lot more amusing than I thought it would be.

A different way of telling a story

Blistering performances.

It's easily one of the freshest, sharpest and most enjoyable films of this year.

I stumbled upon Snow Cake several years ago and it became and instant favorite. It's a story of realistic people, in sadly real circumstances, finding little moments of happiness in an otherwise difficult world. I don't understand why this film isn't more popular or why it isn't on a streaming service. It is touching, intimate, and inspiring. The story is fairly simple, yet it's like nothing else I've ever watched.

"Check it out. Dustin Hoffman, 'Rain Man', look retarded, act retarded, not retarded. Counted toothpicks, cheated cards. Autistic, sho'. Not retarded. You know Tom Hanks, 'Forrest Gump'? Slow, yes. Retarded, maybe. Braces on his legs. But he charmed the pants off Nixon and won a ping-pong competition. That ain't retarded. Peter Sellers, "Being There". Infantile, yes. Retarded, no. You went full retard, man. Never go full retard. You don't buy that? Ask Sean Penn, 2001, "I Am Sam". Remember? Went full retard, went home empty handed." - Kirk Lazarus"Snow Cake" stars Sigourney Weaver as an autistic woman living in small town Canada. She's visited by Alex Hughes, played by Alan Rickman, who informs her that he is indirectly responsible for her daughter dying in a car accident. Hughes, we learn, has also recently lost his son.After a strong opening act, the film mostly becomes contrived and poorly acted, a kind of low-rent "Truly Madly Deeply" (also with Rickman) or "The Sweet Hereafter". Weaver in particular never convinces as an autistic woman and Rickman overdoes his "miserable Brit" shtick. Still, the film offers some scenic snow-swept locations and director Marc Evens gives his tale an interesting structure. Weaver's autistic character, who is shockingly cold and blunt, is incapable of feeling grief, seems as frozen as the landscape outside, whilst Rickman can't let go of his various guilts and grievances. A third character, played by Carrie-Anne Moss, is as cold as Weaver, refusing to get close to human beings. By the film's end, of course, our characters change. Rickman stops grieving, learns to toughen up, whilst Moss and Weaver show emotional cracks.7.5/10 – Worth one viewing.

I don't think I have ever seen a bad movie with those two wonderful actors in it.I'm not going to say anything about the plot, people can read that on the overview page. What I want to say about it is that the message comes through loud and clear; that you usually learn a valuable life lesson when you least expect it, from the people you least expect it from - in this case that life can be so amazingly beautiful when you learn how to accept people as they are. This is a very rare quality that is not found often enough in people in my opinion. So thank you to everyone who made this inspiring film.Recommended times ten!

I very rarely watch offbeat independent Films, due to the fact that so many seem to be overly worthy,PC & pretentious, 'Snow Cake' seemed to fit into all three categories - but decided I would watch purely on it starring Alan Rickman & Sigourney Weaver.....I'm very glad I did, it's a very well written & acted film, which seemed to have been criminally overlooked.Alex Hughes (Alan Rickman) is a man recently released from Prison after killing a man, and finds himself sitting next to a pretty young girl Vivienne Freeman (Emily Hampshire)at a truck stop Cafe, after much persuasion Vivienne manages to get Alex to give her a lift back home, Tragedy strikes en route as a lorry crashes into Alex's Car, Alex himself is luckily left without a scratch, Vivienne is sadly killed instantly. Alex feels immense guilt over the girl's death and goes to see her Mother Linda (Sigourney Weaver) to offer his condolences, at his arrival he notices that Linda is Mentally handicapped and suffers from severe Autism, and she manages to get Alex to stay with her to sort out the girl's funeral & put out the bins as she 'dosen't do garbage'This does sound very depressing, but It's actually funny & sad in equal measure, Weaver gives a career best performance as the Autistic Mother and is greatly believable, Rickman is very understated but also gives a wonderful performance as the driver who seeks some sort of redemption - despite the car accident not being his fault.Co-starring Carrie-anne Moss (The Matrix) as Maggie, Linda's oversexed neighbour who Alex begins a sexual relationship & Directed by Welshman Marc Evans, who includes songs by Welsh bands in the picture - this is a truly wonderful film that's well worth watching and nowhere near as depressing or PC as it sounds**** out of *****