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28 reviews · Provided by Metacritic.com
- 100Entertainment WeeklyOwen GleibermanEntertainment WeeklyOwen GleibermanDavid Gordon Green's captivating winter-chill tragedy, is a tale that encompasses murder, divorce, adultery, alcohol abuse, mental breakdown, and the disappearance of a small child. In other words, it's downbeat enough to make the recent Oscar-nominated films look like party games.
- 90Film ThreatFilm ThreatWith a deep understanding of his characters, Green has crafted a film that's devastating and uplifting without sounding a false note.
- 80VarietyJustin ChangVarietyJustin ChangEmotionally harrowing and gentle by turns, this well-acted winter's tale is a more narrative-driven experience than Green's more lyrical Sundance entries, "George Washington" and "All the Real Girls."
- 70Village VoiceVillage VoiceWhat saves this heavy, heavy material from sinking into the chill, familiar turf of the Small-Town Midwinter Tragedy is Green's practiced ear for verbal idiosyncrasy and off-kilter conversation rhythms.
- 67The A.V. ClubScott TobiasThe A.V. ClubScott TobiasIn spite of strong performances and a characteristically vivid sense of place, the film feels disjointed and heavy.
- 63New York Daily NewsNew York Daily NewsIt does give Sam Rockwell another opportunity to creep us out, and Kate Beckinsale a new shot at believability. Too bad the movie around them meanders.
- 60SalonAndrew O'HehirSalonAndrew O'HehirBeckinsale tackles the downscale role manfully, but Rockwell is nearly unrecognizable as the pudgy, suicidally depressed, chronically inept Glenn, who's acting out a half-convincing portrayal of himself as a born-again Christian.
- 60The New York TimesA.O. ScottThe New York TimesA.O. ScottFor a film full of murder, jealousy and fatalism, Snow Angels feels curiously small and anecdotal, and its impact diminishes as it nears its terrible conclusion.
- 50New York Magazine (Vulture)David EdelsteinNew York Magazine (Vulture)David EdelsteinScene by scene his (David Gordon Green’s) new film, Snow Angels, isn’t terrible. Parts of it are amusing, and there are wintry images that eat into the mind. But it’s one of the most disjunctive things I’ve ever sat through.
- 50TV Guide MagazineKen FoxTV Guide MagazineKen FoxGreen and his regular cinematographer Tim Orr have a feel for the sad, generic landscape of small-town America, but rather than adding to an overarching melancholy it only reinforces an already drab, at times bizarrely comic tone.