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The Winter Guest (DVD, 2005) 
The Winter Guest (DVD, 2005)

 
The Winter Guest (DVD, 2005)

Director: Alan Rickman
Rating: Rated R
Release Date: Aug 2005
Format: DVD
UPC: 014381135527
Product ID: EPID46802224
Description: A dense, filling slice-of-life set in a tiny snowbound Scottish burg, where four pairs of characters grapple with various aspects of human hardship. Thompson plays opposite Law, her actual mother, as a recently widowed photographer whose...
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Movie Description
A dense, filling slice-of-life set in a tiny snowbound Scottish burg, where four pairs of characters grapple with various aspects of human hardship. Thompson plays opposite Law, her actual mother, as a recently widowed photographer whose haze of grief has driven a wedge into their relationship. Rickman's directorial debut, adapted from the stage play by Sharman MacDonald.

Credits
Producer:Ken Lipper, Steve Clark-Hall
Cast:Sean Biggerstaff, Sheila Reid

Editorial Reviews
"...[Law and Thompson] give touchingly true performances..."
Rolling Stone - p.67 - Peter Travers (02/05/1998)

"...Ravishing, resonant images.....What is most striking about Rickman's debut is his control of mood, delicately teasing out the metaphorical possibilities of freezing and ice..."
Sight and Sound - p.56 - Demetrios Matheou (01/01/1998)

"...The actresses share looks and even body language..."
USA Today - p.3D - Mike Clark (12/26/1997)

"...A poetic, affecting film....[Law and] Thompson transcend..." -- Rating: B+
Entertainment Weekly - p.91 - Michael Sauter (07/17/1998)

"...Rickman has brought the cloistered stage play to vibrant life...his work with the actors is universally superb..."
Box Office - p.42 - Kim Williamson (12/01/1997)

"...[The film] luxuriously drinks in a magnificent desolation that conjures up somber thoughts of mortality and human loss..."
New York Times - p.E5 - Stephen Holden (12/23/1997)

"...Phyllida Law and Emma Thompson are mother and daughter in real life, and in the film they have the familiarity of a lifelong couple....[Rickman] has a great command here of look and tone..."
Chicago Sun-Times - Roger Ebert (01/16/1998)

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