Winter Guest 
Winter Guest: Review
Sunday 07.23.2006
alice ttlg || 03:57 PM
This has an incredible cast, Emma Thompson, Phyllida Law (Thompson's RL mother) and a bunch of other not-well-known actors who are perfectly cast. It's directed and co-written by Alan Rickman, set in a very very cold frozen snowy Scotland, it follows four pairs of people throughout a single day, seamlessly interweaving Thompson & Law, two old ladies going to funerals, two young boys skipping school and Thompson's teenage son and a teenage girl.
It's a character film, yes, a talky people film that shows the kind of casual interaction we have daily as a way to expose these people, reveal the facets of their lives to the viewer.
Definitely fun to watch if you're sizzling in the summer heat right now, the setting will make you want to curl up in a blanket in front of a fire but the people will draw you in and fascinate you.
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