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Movie critics combined give Snow Falling on Cedars (1999) a score of 2.5341 out of 4
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Snow Falling on Cedars (1999) scores a combined 1.20 out of 4 stars for LA Weekly (John Patterson)LA Weekly (John Patterson)
The narrative chronology is so heavily hacked about, its tenses so addled and the material so thinly spread across so many characters, one can scarcely keep it straight in one's head without going cross-eyed. ...read the complete Snow Falling on Cedars movie review at LA Weekly (John Patterson)
Snow Falling on Cedars (1999) scores a combined 1.20 out of 4 stars for The New York Times (Stephen Holden)The New York Times (Stephen Holden)
Admirably high-minded and visually gorgeous but fatally anesthetized by its own grandiosity. ...read the complete Snow Falling on Cedars movie review at The New York Times (Stephen Holden)
Snow Falling on Cedars (1999) scores a combined 1.20 out of 4 stars for Newsweek (David Ansen)Newsweek (David Ansen)
All shots and no scenes, which is nice for a picture book but deadly for drama. ...read the complete Snow Falling on Cedars movie review at Newsweek (David Ansen)
Snow Falling on Cedars (1999) scores a combined 1.20 out of 4 stars for Chicago Reader (Jonathan Rosenbaum)Chicago Reader (Jonathan Rosenbaum)
Loaded with facile social themes, opaque characters, pointlessly intricate flashbacks, and inflated technique. ...read the complete Snow Falling on Cedars movie review at Chicago Reader (Jonathan Rosenbaum)
Snow Falling on Cedars (1999) scores a combined 1.00 out of 4 stars for Bob BloomBob Bloom
Unfortunately, that is not enough to sustain this snailpaced feature.The movie's biggest flaw is one common to most Hollywood films that deal with people of other cultures it approaches situations from a white, Western perspective.Set in postWorld War ...read the complete Snow Falling on Cedars movie review at Bob Bloom
Snow Falling on Cedars (1999) scores a combined 1.00 out of 4 stars for Miami Herald (Rene Rodriguez)Miami Herald (Rene Rodriguez)
Snow Falling on Cedars (1999) scores a combined 1.00 out of 4 stars for Baltimore Sun (Ann Hornaday)Baltimore Sun (Ann Hornaday)
Ultimately groans under the weight of its own quiet gorgeousness. ...read the complete Snow Falling on Cedars movie review at Baltimore Sun (Ann Hornaday)
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2.6383
Snow Falling on Cedars (1999) is ranked overall as  out of 4 stars
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2.5341
Snow Falling on Cedars (1999) is ranked overall as  out of 4 stars
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