Snow Angels

Snow Angels, 2007 Directed by David Gordon Green I couldn’t sleep last night, so I started watching Snow Angels at 2:30 in the morning, I figured I’d watch it for a little while, then probably head to sleep. By 3:30, I was so into the movie, I stayed up to finish it. I was dead tired this morning at work, but do I regret it? Nope. David Gordon Green has been a very capable director ever since his debut film George Washington, a haunting dreamy film about the lives of children in the South. With Snow Angels , he proves just how good a director he is. The plot of Snow Angels is hard to describe without giving much away, so I’ll keep it simple. Snow Angels follows the lives of Arthur (Michael Angarano) a high school student, and Annie (Kate Beckinsale) his former baby sitter. Both work together at a local Chinese restaurant, and as romance blooms for Arthur with new girl in school Lila (Olivia Thirlby), Annie tries to deal with her estranged...

This is one of the darkest, most powerful movies I have seen and it twisted my guts inside out. Though it is also one of the most beautiful and hypnotic movies I have seen and it does have a subplot that is beautiful and touching. Sam Rockwell proves that he belongs with the best of them with an amazing performance. Rockwell has been great in a lot of small roles and he is flawless here reminding me of a young Deniro. Kate Beckinsale was a revelation to me here giving a soul baring performance proving she can act. I warn you if you have a child this will be one of the hardest movies you will ever see but it is not exploitive. This is a tough movie but the performances are amazing, the look of the film breathtaking and the story is like a good novel. Amongst the center story of a painful relationship is a sweet love story between Michael Angarano and Olivia Thirlby that is beautiful. Remember the name Olivia Thirlby because like in "Juno" she is a very good here. You probably will see...