Product: Snow Falling on Cedars (2000)
Rating: 5.0
A Great One
This is a movie that relies on photography, fine acting, and simple story telling. There are no chases, very little violence, and none of it gratuitous, no nudity, very little profanity (and that bland by many people's standards), and only one depiction of sex between the central characters. The movie is gripping, it is beautiful, and the cast is magnificent. The story is complex, involving a love story, a son growing up in his father's shawdow, a war, a national disgrace, and a murder trial. The photography is stunning. The passions are timeless. The entertainment is transfixing.