Snow Cake advertises the autist as high functioning, but it was made in 2006 when a lot was still unknown about women with autism so while this movie is not Rain Man, it is not Tik Tok either so the definition of high function is going to vary

| Jun 12, 2024

Rickman, sadly, can't rise above this dull, offensive mess of a film.

| Jan 11, 2021

Snow Cake is a bittersweet, intimate and eye-opening experience that celebrates life, acceptance and love.

| Nov 16, 2019

As a misfits-bonding flick, Snow Cake isn't bad, but anyone with a genuine interest in autism will find it a frustrating experience.

| Mar 21, 2016

| Original Score: 4/5 | Nov 20, 2008

Often with the feel of a stage play, Snow Cake is a delicate little drama that shows real understanding of its characters.

| Original Score: 7/10 | Aug 26, 2008

a worthy effort toward bringing an increasingly prevalent disorder to filmgoers' attention

Full Review | Original Score: 3/5 | Sep 10, 2007

Snow Cake never entertains too much pathos nor does it become overly concerned with making Weaver's character even slightly sympathetic; her uncensored forthrightness is as refreshingly humane as it is hilarious.

| Original Score: 3/5 | Aug 23, 2007

A heartfelt but utterly predictable indie drama.

| Original Score: 2/4 | Aug 22, 2007

Everyone and everything is surprising in this arresting film whose heart is as warm as its setting is cold

| Jul 28, 2007

in the end, it's as viable as its titular confection: pretty to look at but cold.

| Original Score: C- | Jul 14, 2007

It's essentially a vehicle for a dedicated cast, but occasionally it's more than that.

Full Review | Original Score: 2.5/4 | Jul 6, 2007

Three very intelligent actors -- Rickman, Moss and Sigourney Weaver -- elevate what could have been cloying into something better than the script's idiosyncratic bent.

| Original Score: B | Jul 5, 2007

Director Marc Evans, working from Angela Pell's screenplay, pulls it off in a limited way but with emotional sensitivity and a solid cast.

| Original Score: 3/5 | Jun 28, 2007

At times it seems so anxious to blatantly manipulate us into tears and slows down with Alex's romance with a sexy neighbor a la Carrie Anne Moss, and then at times it's beautiful, and intimate, and so wonderfully acted.

Full Review | Original Score: 3.5/5 | Jun 5, 2007

Weaver makes Linda her own, alternating between off-putting brashness, engaging honesty and bursts of spontaneous, childlike behavior.

| Original Score: 3/4 | Jun 1, 2007

Weaver and Rickman and screenwriter Angela Pell elevate the film into something quite endearing.

| Jun 1, 2007

Lack of dramatic intensity is all the more surprising considering the emotional clout of helmer Marc Evans' two best movies, the chilling Resurrection Man and scarefest My Little Eye.

| Jun 1, 2007

Marc Evans' small-scale drama focuses on the offbeat relationship between a chronically depressed man and an autistic woman, and with a lesser cast it would be insufferable.

| Original Score: 2.5/4 | Jun 1, 2007

Overly forced, a shade too whimsical, but filling a void other words and other movies haven't the nerve or errant taste to confront.

| Original Score: 2.5/4 | Jun 1, 2007