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The Sweet Hereafter [1997]
from Momentum Pictures
starring Ian Holm, Sarah Polley, Caerthan Banks, Tom McCamus, Gabrielle Rose
directed by Atom Egoyan

Features:

• Anamorphic
• Full Screen
• PAL
• Widescreen

Customer Reviews:

• Avg. Customer Rating: 3.5 / 5.0

• Bittersweet Classic Drama
  This feature should be filed under that elusive category `One of those really good films you have never heard of'. The story is beautifully handled and filmed by Atom Egoyam and is perhaps his best movie to date. The story unfolds at a gentle pace in interconnecting threads and flashbacks and centres around a solid performance from Ian Holm as the troubled lawyer ambulance chasing in a community that has suffered a tragic communal accident whilst battling demons with his own personal tragedy (a hopeless... more info

• Interesting but a bit too solemn
  "The Sweet Hereafter" tells the story of a lawyer who comes to a small town to represent the inhabitants in a lawsuit against whoever caused a terrible school bus accident. As the film moves slowly forward we learn about the hidden secrets and conflicts among the inhabitants, as well as the troubled life of the lawyer himself.
  The film contains many fine performances and is directed with dignity and without reverting to cheap solutions. However, the melancholic mood and the almost constant lack of any... more info

• Let the buyer beware!
  The Momentum Pictures DVD has a sub-standard picture and looks suspiciously like a lazy NTSC to PAL transfer.

• Community versus the professionalisation of relationships
  Immediately reminiscent of the Coens' "Fargo" from the opening scene, with the strange medieval music and the brilliant white of the snowscape, this is no black comic thriller, but a sensitive exploration, brilliantly performed, directed and filmed, of the very real consequences of bringing third parties into intimate human tragedies. For as long as we feel the need to have mediators to manage our feelings and "direct our anger", this film will make us think about what this means for our relationships with... more info

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