Focus Features | Release Date: February 17, 2006
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R.CunardFeb 19, 2006
This movie reminded me of The Squid and the Whale - messed up writer parents with messed up kids. It was boring, depressing and uninspiring. The only saving grace was the acting. I thought independant movies were supposed to be a little more This movie reminded me of The Squid and the Whale - messed up writer parents with messed up kids. It was boring, depressing and uninspiring. The only saving grace was the acting. I thought independant movies were supposed to be a little more original. Maybe next time. Expand
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ChadShiiraApr 5, 2007
Reese(Zooey Deschanel) returns to the scene of the crime, her childhood home, and as she ascends up the curving stairs, we see the father's National Book Award(mom was no slouch either). In films about megalomaniacal artist-type Reese(Zooey Deschanel) returns to the scene of the crime, her childhood home, and as she ascends up the curving stairs, we see the father's National Book Award(mom was no slouch either). In films about megalomaniacal artist-type parents, why do the childhood killers always have to be brilliant? A case could be mounted for parental myopia if the end results are masterpieces. You could argue that these creative people had a higher calling and served the greater good. If they sucked, then by all means, Reese, bitch and moan all you like; it was all for nothing that you were treated like one of Daisy's children in F. Scott Fitzgerald's "The Great Gatsby", like you were invisible. Reese is a whiny cokehead, but it doesn't stop "Winter Passing" from being a pretty terrific film about blaming your parents for everything under the sun. The surrogate family that Don(Ed Harris) assembled to help ward off the loneliness of being widowed, of being left behind, is obviously meant as a replacement for his bitter absentee daughter. Will Ferrell and Amelia Warner helps round out this great ensemble; especially Ferrell, who tones down his dadaist impulses and underplays beautifully. Expand
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AndrewG.Mar 7, 2006
I guess it's predictable...but I wasn't trying to predict...I just watched it...and really enjoyed it...Zooey Deschanel is hipnotic and beautiful as always...Harris is really good as always...Will Ferrell is surprisingly I guess it's predictable...but I wasn't trying to predict...I just watched it...and really enjoyed it...Zooey Deschanel is hipnotic and beautiful as always...Harris is really good as always...Will Ferrell is surprisingly perfect...it's worth seeing in the theater... Expand
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