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07 Jan 2009, 10:25 am

This film will be screened on BBC Two on January 10 from 11.10 pm to 1.00 am. From the review in the Radio Times:

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Sigourney Weaver turns in a bold performance as a high-functioning autistic woman in this potentially dour yet carefully balanced tragicomedy[...] She's full of wide-eyed wonder as Linda, whose ordered life in a remote Canadian town is disrupted by the news that her daughter is dead. Alan Rickman [...] plays Alex the hangdog loner who's driving the car in which her child was killed. [...] this is a thoroughly satisfying and spiritually nourishing piece of cinema.

It is given four stars (very good).

I would rather it was shown at an earlier time in the day, but I will still stay up to watch it. I have seen the film twice.



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07 Jan 2009, 1:19 pm

I wanted to see that. Too bad we don't get any BBC channels over here :x


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07 Jan 2009, 3:47 pm

Sounds interesting. :) I might watch it. :)


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08 Jan 2009, 4:05 pm

In Australia, borders have the movie on sale for $6.95 which is about the same cost as a McDonalds Burger meal. (and a lot healthier too).


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08 Jan 2009, 4:30 pm

A slice of SnowCake topic

Excellent movie. I watched it Christmas Eve here in Canada. It was made on location in Wawa, Ontario (about 350 kms north of Barrie, where I live) and Alan Rickman, Carrie Ann Moss and Sigourney Weaver were excellent actors. The story was plausible. I almost wish there was a part two. Maybe fan fictionadoes could extend the story! :D

I highly recommend it. :D


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08 Jan 2009, 8:58 pm

i watched it New Years Eve just 30 min south of sartresue... neat-toe.
i had bought it for 4.99CAD. which really was just bonus! a buddy in Boston had recommended it.

yes, it's a very good movie. it kept making my face leak.
which was mainly about how it felt like a mirror.

try to watch or record it if you can



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09 Jan 2009, 10:51 am

As I am in the UK I will settle down on the sofa with a cup of tea to watch this film tommorrow night :D


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