After a while, though, you tire of her antics and bad attitude. I suppose the mystery surrounding her and the general story is supposed to entice us, but instead it only distances us from the story. Other events are too contrived and come off as unbelievable. The fact that Smilla is an expert on snow hence the title is ridiculous. Other scenes, such as when Smilla happens to find the leading audio expert in Denmark, and the fact that he can decipher by ear what's on a garbled tape, is so bad it's nearly laughable.
Many scenes seem forced while others appear to be abridged or missing altogether.
Thus the flow of the movie jumps and skips its way toward the ending, ruining any momentum it was building. While this film seemingly had good intentions, it takes what could have been a decent plot and jumbles it into a convoluted, dark mess. We give this one just a 3 out of 10. Several people are killed toward the end of the movie and Julia Ormond's character is rather mean and nasty toward others. USE Isaiah's mother drinks, and later we learn that she's an alcoholic.