The Sweet Hereafter Critic Reviews
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This is one of the best films of the year, an unflinching lament for the human condition.Read the full review
It's all presented in a detached style that's ultimately much more moving and truthful than any heartstring-slashing weeper. This may be Egoyan's best work yet, and it's surely one of the best films of the year.Read the full review
Egoyan's voice is so clear and loving, his vision so forgiving and his film so intelligent that you come away refreshed.Read the full review
Leaves you shaken and ecstatic at the same time, transported by the vision of a major film artist.Read the full review
This is truly a great film -- easily one of 1997's best.Read the full review
Egoyan understands how potent a deliberate pace can be, how effective it is in making already powerful material strong enough to tear at your heart.Read the full review
A little movie almost perfectly realized.Read the full review
Canadian writer-director Atom Egoyan's most ambitious work to date, The Sweet Hereafter is a rich, complex meditation on the impact of a terrible tragedy on a small town.Read the full review
The filmmaker creates schematic, intuitive images that hauntingly crystallize the characters' situations.Read the full review
The chronological looseness is part of the pleasure of the piece, which magically reassembles in the last reel into something strong, lucid and compellingly powerful.Read the full review
