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SUNDANCE 2007
Snow Angels
"Snow Angels" by Zack Roddy
Written and directed by David Gordon Green, the film Snow Angels has made its debut at Sundance. The film centers on three different people in a small Pennsylvania town: there's Annie (Kate Beckinsale), a single mother of a young daughter recently separated from her husband Glenn (Sam Rockwell). He's still madly in love; she's having an affair with her best friend's husband. And then there's Arthur (Michael Angarano) a typical, if not somewhat nerdy teenager used to be babysat by Annie, and is now experiencing his own form of first love with Lila (Olivia Thirlby), a new girl in his school. When Arthur's parent's separate, and Glenn discovers Annie's affair, the three begin a downward spiral, which ultimately lead them to face the bitter and harsh realities of life, ending where nobody could have predicted.
What makes Snow Angels so exceptional is the exquisite dialogue and true-life situations that David Gordon Green provides for his audience, aided by how well he manages his variety of very talented actors.. Already an experienced and talented filmmaker at the young age of thirty, audiences can expect many more great things from Green in the future.
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