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Aspect Ratio: 1.33:1
Audience Rating: R (Restricted)
Binding: DVD
Brand: PEARCE,GUY
EAN: 0043396224490
Format: AC-3, Closed-captioned, Color, Dolby, DVD, Full Screen, Subtitled, Widescreen, NTSC
Item Dimensions: 20
Label: Sony Pictures
Languages: EnglishOriginal LanguageEnglishSubtitledSpanishSubtitled
Manufacturer: Sony Pictures
MPN: COLD22449D
Number Of Items: 1
Publisher: Sony Pictures
Region Code: 99
Release Date: November 27, 2007
Running Time: 102 minutes
Studio: Sony Pictures
Theatrical Release Date: March 23, 2007
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Genre: Suspense
Rating: R
Release Date: 27-NOV-2007
Media Type: DVD
Amazon.com:
With a thriller as low-key as First Snow, dynamic acting is a must. Fortunately, Guy Pearce (Memento) owns the screen as slick salesman Jimmy Starks. In his first film, Oscar-nominated writer Mark Fergus (Children of Men) forgoes visual effects in favor of an increasingly complex narrative. As in many Stephen King novels, the story centers on the collision between a man of reason and a man of faith--in the supernatural, that is. The foreshadowing begins when Starks visits fortune teller Vacaro (J.K. Simmons, Spider-Man). Starks assumes he's a fellow hustler. Then his every prediction comes true. On a return trip, Vacaro tells him he'll be dead by first snow, but can't say how or when. Should Starks put his affairs in order, enjoy his time with girlfriend Deirdre (Piper Perabo), or just do nothing? Then again, snow seems unlikely for Albuquerque. Over the next few days, several possible culprits come to light, like Andy (Rick Gonzalez), an assistant Starks fired, and Vince (Shea Wigham), a partner he sold down the river. Convinced one of them is going to seek revenge, Starks becomes so paranoid he opens the door to disaster. Fergus excels in keeping the tension at a low boil, but he undersells the climax. Still, it's a nice change from all the mysteries that build in intensity before collapsing in a heap of improbabilities. First Snow is rooted in the real world from the first frame to the last. --Kathleen C. Fennessy
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Rating:  -
I don't know why this movie is not far more highly regarded. The cinematography, the plotting, acting, direction & pacing are all outstanding. It plays like a story by Raymond Carver or Sam Shepard. I read Cormac McCarthy's No Country for Old Men & I saw the Coen Brothers film version & thought highly of both, but to me this film, working in a similar vein & milieu, if far superior, less schematic & calculated, far more visceral, the paranoia from scene to scene is absolutely palpable.
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This guy gets his fortune told and spends the rest of the movie in a series of red herrings until it finally ends. A cast of mostly unknowns, though Perabo has a reputation. There's not much point to the whole thing. It's not very thrilling, either.
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Guy Pearce was great in Momento - but that was a Christopher Nolan film. First Snow reminds me a bit of Momento mixed with Insomnia but with markedly less dramatic results. Somehow, somewhere, I didn't quite connect with this 100 %.
The dust jacket of the DVD tells us why this is a compelling premise - Guy Pearce plays Jimmy, a man who's trying to fight against his own fate. And with no surprises, this is exactly what plays out with few surprises. Or rather, the twists aren't quite ... Read More
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Does such a thing as Fate truly determine the course of our lives - or are human beings just naturally prone to look for patterns where none may actually exist? That is the metaphysical question raised by "First Snow," an extraordinarily well-made and engrossing psychological thriller starring Guy Pearce as a cynical traveling salesman whose life is turned upside down when a roadside fortuneteller (J.K. Simmons) predicts he will die before the first snow falls. Yet Jimmy Starks soon learns that being ... Read More
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A moody, paranoid tale. When a traveling salesman has car trouble in a small town, he entertains himself by getting a psychic reading. As the reading begins to come true, the salesman frantically tries to avoid the fate that was predicted.
This story is small in scale, but rich in texture and performances. Can a man change his destiny before the First Snow?
If you like intimate, character driven thrillers, this is a nice little picture. I've been a fan of Guy Pearce's since ... Read More
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