Simply Perfect

Great Film overall

The acting in this movie is really good.

One of the worst ways to make a cult movie is to set out to make a cult movie.

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.

a good film. that is the first word. a nice one. that could be the second but far to be enough or precise. high acting, nice photographs. and flavor of a story who has, in same measure, force and sensibility. in fact, story of meetings, example of remarkable performance - Alan Rickman does a splendid role -, full of ambiguities who makes , in few scenes, not really credible the story but with charming life love spirit who can saves many. and that is fundamental thing. a film about poetry of every day events . romantic - in special manner - , seductive - for its snow taste - , interesting for the acting. not very different by films from same genre. but useful as small basic things of life.

From director Marc Evans (My Little Eye), this mix of both comedic and tragic moments is a very good look at Autism, almost as effective as Rain Man. Basically Alex Hughes (Alan Rickman) is a recently released (for murder) man travelling to Winnipeg to see an old friend, and along the way he gives the annoying, but vivacious Vivienne Freeman (Emily Hampshire). He may not have wanted to at first, and just when he warms to her eccentric nature, the vehicle is in a serious automobile accident, killing Vivienne. After talking to the police, he sees the address of Vivienne's mother, and decides to speak to her. After a difficult meeting with the mother Linda (Sigourney Weaver), he afterwards talks to neighbour Maggie (Carrie-Anne Moss), who explains to him that she has autism. Linda wants him to stay till after the funeral, the day the garbage is collected, and he agrees. In the days leading up to it, Alex makes a partner with Maggie and a few other friends, and learning more about Linda's uniqueness he also finds himself letting out past demons, such as his son's death and the man he killed. The moments that really get to you are the Scrabble game with made up words and an example of their use, and of course, the end, when Alex leaves Linda a cake made of snow (because she likes to eat it, and has no temperature sense), and it is Maggie that takes the garbage out for her. Also starring James Allodi as Clyde, Janet Van De Graaf as Meryl, Julie Stewart as Florence, Selina Cadell as Diane Wooton, Callum Keith Rennie as John Neil and David Fox as Dirk Freeman. I can have some understanding of the character of Linda (not in exactly the same way), because I myself have a form of Autism called Asperger's Syndrome. Weaver is very compelling, Rickman makes the most of his self-grieving character, and the support from Moss and the brief Hampshire are good too, a good tragicomedy. Very good!

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 *****