A small Canadian town is torn apart by the appearance of an ambulance-chasing lawyer after a tragic accident involving a school bus killed many of the town's children. One key witness, however, eludes the troubled attorney: a gifted young woman confined by the tragedy to a wheelchair for the rest of her life. A morality play without the sermon from EXOTICA auteur Atom Egoyan, based on the acclaimed novel by Russell Banks.
Winner of the Grand Jury award at the 1997 Cannes Film Festival. Academy Award nominations: Best Director, Best Adapted Screenplay.
Review 1:
Ranked #6 in Entertainment Weekly's "10 Favorite Film of the '90s: -- "...Dizzying....A mesmeric portrait..."
Source: Entertainment Weekly
p.160 04/01/2000
Review 2:
"...Graced by another gripping Ian Holm performance..." -- 3 1/2 out of 4 stars
Source: USA Today
p.9D 11/21/1997
Review 3:
"...A hypnotically structured, meditative mystery that instantly moves Egoyan to the front rank of world filmmakers..."
Source: Entertainment Weekly
p.51-2 05/30/1997
Review 4:
"...[The] most wrenching film by the brilliantly analytical Atom Egoyan....This eloquent film also carries the exhilaration of crystal-clear artistic vision..."
Source: New York Times
p.E18 11/21/1997
Review 5:
"...Ian Holm's performance here is bottomless in its subtlety....This is one of the best films of the year, an unflinching lament for the human condition..."
Source: Chicago Sun-Times
p.27 12/24/1997
Review 6:
"The director's finest hour..."
Source: Premiere
p.98 04/01/2004
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