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Sweet Hereafter, The (1997)

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All Time

of 190,142

292

1990's

of 24,698

32

1997

of 5,718

2
Drama
- Drama All Time
  
  of 37,999
  
  173
  
  Drama of 1997
  
  of 536
  
  2
  
  Drama of the 1990's
  
  of 4,160
  
  22

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Sweet Hereafter, The (1997) is ranked overall as out of 4 stars

Overall Rating:3.2167

Avg Critic Score:3.1675

Sweet Hereafter, The (1997) Movie Reviews

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The Sweet Hereafter is film maker Atom Egoyan's most compelling movie to date. ...read the complete Sweet Hereafter movie review at ReelViews (James Berardinelli)

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A cold, dark hillside looms above the Bide-a-Wile Motel, pressing down on it, crushing out the life with the gray weight of winter. ...read the complete Sweet Hereafter movie review at Chicago Sun-Times (Roger Ebert)

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Cinenganos (Alex Ramirez)

Una obra exquisita....read the complete Sweet Hereafter, The (1997) review at Cinenganos (Alex Ramirez)

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Atom Egoyan Based on the Russel Banks novel, who also wrote the book AFFLICTION is based on, this is the story of a small Canadian town that virtually dies when every schoolage child in the community is tragically killed when the schoolbus...read the complete Sweet Hereafter, The (1997) review at Qwipster's Movie Reviews (Vince Leo)

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Expanded Cinemah

Nuovo sorprendente film (eccezionale, direi, per il pacato e interiore sussulto che provoca) di Egoyan, che dopo Exotica regala nuove emozioni soffocate, anche se questa volta il film è decisamente meno spettacolare, più misurato. La vicenda ricavata...read the complete Sweet Hereafter, The (1997) review at Expanded Cinemah

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