70
Does sidle up to the brink of mawkishness, but it pulls back so nicely into Weaver's rich, hard-headed evocation of Linda's limitations.
What are people saying?
What are critics saying?
70
Los Angeles Times by Carina Chocano
Modest but well wrought and witty, Snow Cake is full of unexpected moments and clever observations.
75
Most noteworthy for the performance of Sigourney Weaver as Linda, an autistic woman.
50
Boosted by a delish performance from Carrie-Anne Moss as a local vamp who helps unthaw the Englishman, but holed beneath the waterline by a gratingly miscast Sigourney Weaver as the persnickety autistic.
50
The Hollywood Reporter by Kirk Honeycutt
The mental and physical landscape would do justice to an Atom Egoyan film, but in this film, the key dramatic moments feel as forced as they are predictable.
50
Alan Rickman holds the film together.
75
TV Guide Magazine by Maitland McDonagh
Sigourney Weaver and Alan Rickman imbue screenwriter Angela Pell's characters with a quiet authenticity that's surprisingly moving.
58
If only Snow Cake had hewed closer to this idea of showing what an adult autist's life and experiences are like, rather than getting caught up in Rickman's rote re-awakening, it could've been as powerful as it strains to be.
40
The picture is so drab and listless that it often feels like punishment, even though Rickman gives a fine performance, one that's heartfelt as well as characteristically elegant (not to mention sexy).
50
The New York Times by Stephen Holden
Like "I Am Sam," it is a film that tests your cynicism.