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- 2011
- PG
- Cinedigm Entertainment Group
- 1 h 26 m
- 2011
- PG
- Cinedigm Entertainment Group
- 1 h 26 m
Summary Inspired by real events, this warmhearted adventure for the whole family follows 10-year-old Billy and his misfit friends on a winter quest to set a Guinness World Record and make their mark on the world. (Arc Entertainment)
Directed By: Robert Kirbyson
Written By: Robert Kirbyson
- 2011
- PG
- Cinedigm Entertainment Group
- 1 h 26 m
- 2011
- PG
- Cinedigm Entertainment Group
- 1 h 26 m
Snowmen
Metascore
Generally Unfavorable
39
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Summary Inspired by real events, this warmhearted adventure for the whole family follows 10-year-old Billy and his misfit friends on a winter quest to set a Guinness World Record and make their mark on the world. (Arc Entertainment)
Directed By: Robert Kirbyson
Written By: Robert Kirbyson
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Metascore
Generally Unfavorable
Based on 4 Critic Reviews
39
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75% Mixed
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Metascore
Generally Unfavorable
Based on 4 Critic Reviews
39
0% Positive
0 Reviews
0 Reviews
75% Mixed
3 Reviews
3 Reviews
25% Negative
1 Review
1 Review
A surprisingly effective debut effort from writer-director Robert Kirbyson.
Picture narrowly avoids outright bathos, thanks largely to first-rate perfs by its child thesps and by Ray Liotta. But by self-righteously rejecting facile solutions, then employing them anyway in the tradition of "no ending left behind," the result conforms to parents' old-fashioned notions of kid movies rather than demonstrating true kid appeal.
It's a shame the film's first two acts are such a grind since there's actually a decently wrought resolution to it all. But by then, between the youngsters' more-is-less acting (Ray Liotta fares only slightly better as Billy's madcap dad), feeble stabs at humor and overreaching profundity, it's too little, too late.
I'm not sure what part of Snowmen doesn't scream completely inappropriate, sentimental Manichean drivel.
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Production Company
Mpower Pictures,
Snowmen
Release Date Oct 21, 2011
Duration 1 h 26 m
Rating PG
Tagline Every One Counts
Website
http://www.snowmenmovie.com/
Awards
Dallas International Film Festival
• 1 Win & 1 Nomination
Toronto Sprockets International Film Festival for Children
• 1 Win & 1 Nomination
Tribeca Film Festival
• 1 Nomination
