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In truth, there is barely enough story here to make a film.

It's a mild crowd pleaser for people who are exhausted by blockbusters.

I think this is a new genre that they're all sort of working their way through it and haven't got all the kinks worked out yet but it's a genre that works for me.

I like the premise of this story, I like the subtle back story telling, I didn't like the depiction of Cat's casual promiscuity and the nudity was a bit gratuitous. The so-called plot twist at the end is not in keeping with the story. To start, the wife is obviously unsatisfied with their sex life, but since she is an emasculating bitch, it's not surprising her husband is unable to rectify that situation. He does exhibit upset when she dallies with a neighbor and has enough mojo to jerk off to a Hustler magazine. Cat and her boyfriend are very interested in each other and the sudden ghosting goes along with the wife's overt behaviour towards the boyfriend. The twist comes when we see the husband and the boyfriend in bed and that's when the husband kills the wife? Again, there is virtually nothing that points in that direction, it would be more sensible keep with the story line already presented. I think the insertion of homosexuality is just bizarre and spoils the movie. The Mrs. Robinson aspect makes more sense and is more true to life.

I really liked this movie. I like these sort of plots where you keep going backwards and forwards so you can find out a little more about what's going on. You spend the whole movie thinking that the mother is simply gone and maybe having an affair with someone. Finally when you finally get an idea of what could've happened to Eve (the mother) becuse it all makes you think that Kat's dad killed her and hid the body into a freezer, Kat opens it and she finds nothing but frozen food, and your idea of her mother's body being in there fades away, but at the end of the movie they reveal that, as you provably expected, that her dad killed Eve because she was seeing Kat's ex boyfriend Phil, but at the very last moment we find out Kat's dad was actually having an affair with Phil. It might be fiction but I believe it reflects what happens when your marriage doesn't work and you are not happy with your life, obviously I don't mean that all of this could happen but it shows how blown up someone's mind can be when you have internal problems.My conclusion is that nothing is what you expect, I really think I made a good choice by picking this movie!

White Snow in a Blizzard is a book adaptation film, in which is a lower level not as popular book release. The film is quite a serious drama with some set tones of comic relief and bit of a thriller. The film is quite interesting and bizarre and plays out of a different type of film in comparison to typical Hollywood films. The problems with this film is that it isn't as suspenseful or thrilling as it could have been, and the characters (specficially Shailene Woodley's character) is quite unlikable in this lead, but that was most of the point.Trying to shed off and try a different role compared to her other 'good girl' roles, Shailene Woodley does do a successful job as we see her disrobe in several scenes and use more cursing. Another thing with this film is they added far too many F-bombs, in which we start to notice. We understand teenagers do curse heavy but with this film it became a bit annoying and obvious, perhaps not great writing.Also the main point of the film if the disappearance with the mother, but most of the characters don't tend to care or at least show, or do a better job at trying to find her. Especially Woodley and the father (Christopger Meloni) where as if they don't care about the mother's disappearance why should we. This film has been compared to Gone Girl, but in comparison, Gone Girl had much better writing, was more suspenseful, worked better as a thriller, and we cared what happens in the ending. White Snow in a Blizzard's ending felt a little rushed, as the film is quite slow in pace, then within the last 5 minutes or so, everything is wrapped up, and there a few plot twists that come alone surprisingly. Though they work, perhaps about 10 minutes more they could have added to layer out the rushed ending. This film isn't for everyone and it is a relatively smaller film, but those who like Shailene Woodley and her disrobing may enjoy it.

It's 1988. Seventeen year old Kat Connors (Shailene Woodley) has a seemingly perfect suburban life from the outside. However, her mother Eve (Eva Green) had grown tired of her father Brock (Christopher Meloni) over the years. She belittles him all the time and then she vanishes. Detective Scieziesciez (Thomas Jane) investigates but there are no leads. Kat seeks affections from her dumb boyfriend Phil from across the street and help from her psychiatrist Dr. Thaler (Angela Bassett).This is part coming-of-age movie and part mystery. The most important word is part. This is partly good. Shailene Woodley is a winning actress and she keeps interest in the movie. The mystery part is pushed aside for the first hour and then it lays an obvious big clue right in the face of the audience. For the first hour, I keep waiting for Kat to start looking into the mystery but she does everything except that. After the big giant clue, the story stops to be a mystery and I'm waiting for Kat to see the big flashing neon sign. It's a complete fail as a mystery but Shailene is still a compelling actress. There are a couple of twists at the end but it's a bit too late.