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Let It Snow
Artistic License

Let It Snow reviews
Critic Score
Metascore: 42 Metascore out of 100
User Score  
9.2 out of 10
based on 9 reviews
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MPAA RATING: Not Rated

Starring Kipp Marcus, Kristopher Scott Feidel, Bernadette Peters, Judith Malina, and Alice Dylan

On one magical New England snow day, James meets Sarah. From the moment he touches her flat head, they are linked for life. Now with both of them grown up and living in Manhattan, all James needs is another snow day to get a second chance at first love. Too bad it's June! (Artistic License Films)


GENRE(S): Romance  
WRITTEN BY: Kipp Marcus  
DIRECTED BY: Adam Marcus  
RELEASE DATE: DVD: October 16, 2001 
Video: October 16, 2001 
Theatrical: June 8, 2001 
RUNNING TIME: 90 minutes, Color 
ORIGIN: USA 

What The Critics Said

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70
Variety Lael Loewenstein
Smarter and more appealing than many other recent romantic comedies.
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70
New Times (L.A.) M.V. Moorhead
The highpoint of the film, acting-wise, comes from Bernadette Peters.
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60
The New York Times A.O. Scott
Let It Snow is cheery, and it gets by on the energy of the actors, who may be as taken by the movie's guilelessness as audiences could be. The film's naïveté makes up for its rampant predictability.
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50
New York Daily News Elizabeth Weitzman
Despite a subpar script and performances, this minor indie entry does possess a rather touching belief in its own charm.
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40
TV Guide Ken Fox
A few funny bits float the film for a while -- it's always nice to see Peters onscreen, no matter what she's doing -- but it's really as showcase for Marcus, who also wrote the script.
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40
LA Weekly Hazel-Dawn Dumpert
In lieu of developing a plot, the brothers opt to cram their cache of forced quirks and hit-or-miss sketches into a framework of predictabilities.
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38
New York Post Jonathan Foreman
James' character is a charmless, boring lump and it's very hard to care if he gets the girl or not.
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30
Los Angeles Times Kevin Thomas
Opens and closes on a jaunty note: It's the tedious, relentlessly talky 80 minutes in between that's the problem.
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30
Village Voice Amy Taubin
An inert and inept romantic comedy.
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What Our Users Said

Vote Now!The average user rating for this movie is 9.2 (out of 10) based on 5 User Votes
Note: User votes are NOT included in the Metascore calculation.

Tim B. gave it a 7:
I'm sorry, but I couldn't bring myself to dislike this movie. Yes, it's essentially "inert" and -- in places -- "inept" (to quote the Village Voice review), but it's cute regardless. To quote the Post, "James' [sic] character is a charmless, boring lump"; perhaps that's why I appreciated this one. I don't consider myself to be either charmless or boring, but I related with his character quickly and I suppose it's difficult to dislike a romantic comedy whose protagonist you feel any sort of association with. Inert, inept, indie, cheery, whatever... this is a movie that will leave you with a pleasant if vacant buzz if you'll accept the idea that romance and romanticism are separate concepts.

[Anonymous] gave it a 10:
You critics don't know what you're talking about.

Norm M. gave it a 9:
It was a good movie! You reviewers are heartless or something!

Brick T. gave it a 10:
I suppose I can imagine why lots of people didn't like this movie. I feel something in common with James that makes me say that I like it a lot. I guess it's not for everyone.

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