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  • 2011
  • R
  • Magnolia Home Entertainment
  • 1 h 32 m
  • 2011
  • R
  • Magnolia Home Entertainment
  • 1 h 32 m

Summary In the working-class Rocky Mountain town of Angels Crest, young father Ethan is doing his best to raise his three-year-old son Nate. He has no choice—Nate’s mother is an alcoholic. But one snowy day Ethan’s momentary lapse in judgment results in tragedy, catapulting the town’s tight-knit community into strange new directions as they try ...

Directed By: Gaby Dellal

Written By: Leslie Schwartz, Catherine Trieschmann

  • 2011
  • R
  • Magnolia Home Entertainment
  • 1 h 32 m
  • 2011
  • R
  • Magnolia Home Entertainment
  • 1 h 32 m

Angels Crest

Metascore Generally Unfavorable Based on 11 Critic Reviews
38
User Score Mixed or Average Based on 6 User Ratings
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Summary In the working-class Rocky Mountain town of Angels Crest, young father Ethan is doing his best to raise his three-year-old son Nate. He has no choice—Nate’s mother is an alcoholic. But one snowy day Ethan’s momentary lapse in judgment results in tragedy, catapulting the town’s tight-knit community into strange new directions as they try ...

Directed By: Gaby Dellal

Written By: Leslie Schwartz, Catherine Trieschmann

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Metascore
Generally Unfavorable Based on 11 Critic Reviews
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82% Mixed
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18% Negative
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Generally Unfavorable Based on 11 Critic Reviews
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82% Mixed
9 Reviews
18% Negative
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50
Dec 30, 2011
Another in the procession of dead children movies that followed Atom Egoyan's magisterial "The Sweet Hereafter," helmer Gaby Dellal's sophomore effort unfolds in a similarly snow-blanketed small town filled with grieving adults, the community divided in apportioning blame. In contrast with Egoyan's labyrinthine structure and complex storylines, Crest cobbles together bits of plot and a motley assortment of half-formed characters.
By Ronnie Scheib FULL REVIEW
50
Dec 29, 2011
Although the movie captures the solidarity and the beauty and peril of a rustic mountain town whose residents are necessarily interdependent, its individual subplots don't connect. Despite several solid performances, the characters are too hazily sketched and too loosely linked to form a meaningful chain.
By Stephen Holden FULL REVIEW
50
Dec 29, 2011
Angels Crest has weaknesses that are tough to overcome. It relies too much on two particularly played-out indie clichés: a spare, plunky soundtrack, and a narrative structure that teases out characters' backstory far longer than necessary.
By Noel Murray FULL REVIEW
50
Dec 10, 2011
Cast and crew's investment in the story's tragedy and its ensuing moral debates is evident in every frame, but the film isn't fully successful in generating the same depth of feeling in viewers.
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40
Dec 29, 2011
It's the same movie town we've seen many times before, with dingy mechanic's shops, barren parking lots and a greasy-spoon diner where all the clichés come together.
By Joe Neumaier FULL REVIEW
40
Dec 20, 2011
No matter how sensitive the orchestral-string score gets, the film can't locate the bone-deep sense of tragedy of Leslie Schwartz's novel - it just keeps belching out empty, grief-stricken histrionics devoid of insight.
By Nick Schager FULL REVIEW
0
Dec 27, 2011
Angels Crest opens with the laughter of children at play, but that's the only hint of happiness you'll find in this unflinchingly manipulative and pointless morality play.
By Glenn Heath Jr. FULL REVIEW

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Production Company Process Film, Process Media
Release Date Dec 30, 2011
Duration 1 h 32 m
Rating R
Genres
Tagline One town. One life. One wrong turn.
Website http://www.facebook.com/AngelsCrestMovie
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Awards

Tribeca Film Festival
• 1 Nomination

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