I tend to (with a few exceptions) avoid the mainstream movies that everybody has heard of and seen, in favour of the under-the-radar productions that premiere at festivals. They aren't made on a shoestring, but they don't have major budgets or major stars in them either. A large budget, or a big household name does not necessarily make a movie better, in my view. The biggest names in Snowmen are Christopher Lloyd and Ray Liotta.
Having read the premise of the film, I must admit I was expecting a cheap-and-cheerful kids production full of the most annoying and group of kids one could have assembled in a sequence of equally ridiculous and annoying situations.
In actual fact, what we ended up with was actually a really charming group of young actors and what turned out to be quite a good coming-of-age story as it turned out.
The three main leads all do justice to their characters; Bobby Coleman is really likable as the dying kid, Bobb'e J. Thompson's character plods around with a Jamaican accent that comes and goes, and Christian Martyn plays the bullied kid who eventually gets the courage to stand up for himself. Christopher Lloyd has a short role as the cemetery caretaker in this movie.
The movie may only run for about 80-85minutes, but there are worse movies you could have seen. You may not have heard of it, but Snowmen isn't a bad movie. If you broaden your horizons and look beyond the mainstream, there's lots of really good movies just like Snowmen to see.
Having read the premise of the film, I must admit I was expecting a cheap-and-cheerful kids production full of the most annoying and group of kids one could have assembled in a sequence of equally ridiculous and annoying situations.
In actual fact, what we ended up with was actually a really charming group of young actors and what turned out to be quite a good coming-of-age story as it turned out.
The three main leads all do justice to their characters; Bobby Coleman is really likable as the dying kid, Bobb'e J. Thompson's character plods around with a Jamaican accent that comes and goes, and Christian Martyn plays the bullied kid who eventually gets the courage to stand up for himself. Christopher Lloyd has a short role as the cemetery caretaker in this movie.
The movie may only run for about 80-85minutes, but there are worse movies you could have seen. You may not have heard of it, but Snowmen isn't a bad movie. If you broaden your horizons and look beyond the mainstream, there's lots of really good movies just like Snowmen to see.