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Title: Angels Crest Director: Gaby Dellal Starring: Thomas Dekker, Lynn Collins, Mira Sorvino, Jeremy Piven, Kate Walsh, Elizabeth McGovern, Joseph Morgan A description or listing of all the recombinant parts of drama “Angels Crest” runs the risk of making it sound more interesting than it actually is. An adaptation of a missing-child novel by Leslie Schwartz, director Gaby Dellal’s wintry indie is a not very subtle and generally unpersuasive stab at tapestral grief-as-elegy. If cinematic skill lies partially in making an audience feel things they’ve felt before, but in new and different ways, “Angels Crest” is a highlighted, underlined, out-of-date textbook, dogmatic about its presentation, no matter how overly familiar it...
- 1/13/2012
- by bsimon
- ShockYa
Chicago – Six years after her sentimental debut feature, “On a Clear Day,” filmmaker Gaby Dellal has gotten mired in the wintry sludge of her sophomore effort, “Angels Crest.” This is the sort of film that doesn’t stand a chance of being embraced by many viewers, particularly during an awards season crowded with gems. There’s little to recommend here beyond the icily beautiful cinematography and a few strong performances.
Rating: 2.5/5.0
What starts out as an intriguing mystery reminiscent of “Twin Peaks” quickly unravels into a familiar trudge through bleak lives and bad parenting. It’s set in the isolation of a working-class mountain town haunted by drunken souls who mope about while making bone-headed decisions. The ending fails to leave an impact because it’s no less dreary and inevitable than anything that precedes it. This isn’t a story about transformation and discovery, but rather the acceptance of one’s own demise.
Rating: 2.5/5.0
What starts out as an intriguing mystery reminiscent of “Twin Peaks” quickly unravels into a familiar trudge through bleak lives and bad parenting. It’s set in the isolation of a working-class mountain town haunted by drunken souls who mope about while making bone-headed decisions. The ending fails to leave an impact because it’s no less dreary and inevitable than anything that precedes it. This isn’t a story about transformation and discovery, but rather the acceptance of one’s own demise.
- 12/30/2011
- by adam@hollywoodchicago.com (Adam Fendelman)
- HollywoodChicago.com
There's nothing more tragic and horrifying than the loss of a child, which may be why filmmaker Gaby Dellal ( On a Clear Day ) decided to explore it in her new drama Angels Crest . Based on the book of the same name by Leslie Schwartz, it stars Thomas Dekker ( A Nightmare on Elm Street ) as Ethan, the young father of 3-year-old son Nate, who vanishes when alone in the car in the wilderness outside their small Rocky Mountain town. Lynn Collins ( X-Men Origins: Wolverine ) is the boy's absent mother Cindy, an alcoholic always in trouble whose grief is overwhelming when she learns the son she had to give up custody of is now dead. Over the course of the film, we see how the two of them react and place blame for Nate's death and how the rest of the community starts to take sides on...
- 12/28/2011
- Comingsoon.net
If you’ve ever thought to yourself, “Self, what would Kate Walsh and Elizabeth McGovern look like as a lesbian couple in a super serious drama about how the death of a child affects a small town?” you both 1) have very specific hypothetical dream inquiries and 2) are in luck. The actresses play a couple in the new film Angels Crest, which recently released its first trailer. Warning: It looks sad – and cold.
However what looks less sad – and downright hot – are Private Practice’s Walsh and Downton Abbey’s McGovern sharing a bed. If anything will get me to sit through what looks to be a chilly, depressing exercise in grief, it’s those two together.
Previous reports on the film discussed Walsh playing a “gruff, no nonsense” lesbian with a partner, but never named her partner. Learning that it will be McGovern playing against her makes this project even more attractive,...
However what looks less sad – and downright hot – are Private Practice’s Walsh and Downton Abbey’s McGovern sharing a bed. If anything will get me to sit through what looks to be a chilly, depressing exercise in grief, it’s those two together.
Previous reports on the film discussed Walsh playing a “gruff, no nonsense” lesbian with a partner, but never named her partner. Learning that it will be McGovern playing against her makes this project even more attractive,...
- 10/27/2011
- by Dorothy Snarker
- AfterEllen.com
Trailer for Angels Crest, starring Thomas Decker, Lynn Collins, Elizabeth McGovern and Jeremy Piven. This joins the poster for the film helmed by Gaby Dellal from the script by Catherine Trieschmann, based on the novel by Leslie Schwartz Magnolia Pictures releases the drama on November 25th via their VOD program, prior to sending the film to theaters on December 30th. The small working-class town of Angels Crest is a tight-knit community resting quietly in one of the vast and stunningly beautiful valleys of the Rocky Mountains. Ethan (Thomas Dekker), one of the town's residents, is a young father but not much more than a kid himself. He has no choice but to look after his three-year-old son Nate...
- 10/20/2011
- Upcoming-Movies.com
Trailer for Angels Crest, starring Thomas Decker, Lynn Collins, Elizabeth McGovern and Jeremy Piven. This joins the poster for the film helmed by Gaby Dellal from the script by Catherine Trieschmann, based on the novel by Leslie Schwartz Magnolia Pictures releases the drama on November 25th via their VOD program, prior to sending the film to theaters on December 30th. The small working-class town of Angels Crest is a tight-knit community resting quietly in one of the vast and stunningly beautiful valleys of the Rocky Mountains. Ethan (Thomas Dekker), one of the town's residents, is a young father but not much more than a kid himself. He has no choice but to look after his three-year-old son Nate...
- 10/20/2011
- Upcoming-Movies.com
Today's indie trailer may not be the happiest, but at least it looks okay. Apple recently debuted a trailer for Angels Crest, the indie drama that recently hit the Tribeca Film Fest and landed a distributor for a winter release. It's directed by Gaby Dellal, based on Leslie Schwartz' novel, about a father who carelessly leaves his young son alone while he was out in the mountains. It's another small town, snowy tragedy kind of story, reminiscent of Snow Angels, starring Thomas Dekker as the father and Lynn Collins as the mother. The cast includes Jeremy Piven as the Da after Dekker, as well as Mira Sorvino, Kate Walsh and Joseph Morgan. Watch the official trailer for Gaby Dellal's Angels Crest, in HD via Apple: You can also download the Angels Crest trailer in High Def on Apple A small town is divided after a young boy freezes to death,...
- 10/16/2011
- by Alex Billington
- firstshowing.net
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New York, New York (October 14, 2011) – Magnolia Pictures has acquired all U.S. distribution rights to Angels Crest, which had its World Premiere at The 2011 Tribeca Film Festival, it was announced today. Celsius is handling international rights to the film. Magnolia plans a November 25th, 2011 VOD launch and December 30th, 2011 theatrical release for the film. Gaby Dellal’s Angels Crest features an all-star cast including Jeremy Piven, Kate Walsh, Thomas Dekker, Lynn Collins, Mira Sorvino and Elizabeth McGovern. The film tells the story of a small rural community during the first snow of winter, when 3 year-old Nate Denton mysteriously disappears from his father’s truck. The inhabitants of Angels Crest confront what this tragic event means to them, and have to deal with their own concepts of right and wrong. “Gaby Dellal has made a mark for herself with Angels Crest,” said Magnolia President Eamonn Bowles. “Her direction and the tremendous...
- 10/14/2011
- by MIKE FLEMING
- Deadline
I have to applaud Magnolia Pictures for not including a major plot point in the first trailer for Angels Crest. I saw Gaby Dellal‘s indie drama at Tribeca earlier this year, and while I won’t spoil it here, I went into details with my full review. While Thomas Dekker (last seen in Kaboom) is the lead here, the most prominent actor in the ensemble is Jeremy Priven, who is taking on more dramatic roles in a post-Entourage career, including another festival film coming out later this year from the same distributor, I Melt With You.
I was impressed at the atmosphere Dellal creates, but cramming in so many characters from this small town in 90 minutes proves difficult. The cast also includes Lynn Collins, Elizabeth McGovern, Mira Sorvino, Kate Walsh, Joseph Morgan and Barbara Williams. Check out the trailer below via Apple.
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The small working-class town of...
I was impressed at the atmosphere Dellal creates, but cramming in so many characters from this small town in 90 minutes proves difficult. The cast also includes Lynn Collins, Elizabeth McGovern, Mira Sorvino, Kate Walsh, Joseph Morgan and Barbara Williams. Check out the trailer below via Apple.
Synopsis:
The small working-class town of...
- 10/13/2011
- by jpraup@gmail.com (thefilmstage.com)
- The Film Stage
Tragedy strikes a small-town community.
Gaby Dellal's follow up to her crowd-pleasing debut feature On A Clear Day is an altogether more chilly affair. Based on the novel by Leslie Schwartz, it tracks the reactions of a small community as they try to come to terms with the death of one of their town's youngest residents.
Ethan (Thomas Dekker, proving he is not just a pretty face) is a caring but slightly lackadaisical dad, bringing up three-year-old Nate (Ameko Eks Mass Carroll) in a free-range fashion - shots of their house, for example, reveal booze bottles and soft toys in...
Gaby Dellal's follow up to her crowd-pleasing debut feature On A Clear Day is an altogether more chilly affair. Based on the novel by Leslie Schwartz, it tracks the reactions of a small community as they try to come to terms with the death of one of their town's youngest residents.
Ethan (Thomas Dekker, proving he is not just a pretty face) is a caring but slightly lackadaisical dad, bringing up three-year-old Nate (Ameko Eks Mass Carroll) in a free-range fashion - shots of their house, for example, reveal booze bottles and soft toys in...
- 6/30/2011
- by Amber Wilkinson
- eyeforfilm.co.uk
There are a handful of similarities between Atom Egoyan's acclaimed The Sweet Hereafter (1997) and Gaby Della's applause-worthy Angels Crest. Both explore the aftermath of children's deaths in self-contained communities, the difference being in the number of tiny coffins: a busload vs. one. Both are also based on well-received novels: the former by the renowned Russell Banks, the latter by the far less known Leslie Schwartz. Additionally, both are extremely well directed and showcase a first-rate cast.
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- 4/26/2011
- by Brandon Judell
- www.culturecatch.com
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For all the people crying onscreen in "Angels Crest," I never once felt the urge to cry myself. The problem, I think, is not with what's in the film but what's not in the film, and that's specificity: specificity of character and location. Watching this movie feels like watching some very talented actors putting on an acting workshop, "Advanced Grief in Small Town America." On a technical level, their work is superb. But it doesn't resonate on any deeper level.
Based on a novel by Leslie Schwartz, the film is an intense dirge about the residents of a town trying to get on with their lives after a terrible tragedy. Ethan (Thomas Dekker) drives his son Nate out to the mountains to play in the snow, but by the time they get there, Nate's fallen asleep. When a herd of deer passes by, Ethan follows, and leaves Nate locked in...
Based on a novel by Leslie Schwartz, the film is an intense dirge about the residents of a town trying to get on with their lives after a terrible tragedy. Ethan (Thomas Dekker) drives his son Nate out to the mountains to play in the snow, but by the time they get there, Nate's fallen asleep. When a herd of deer passes by, Ethan follows, and leaves Nate locked in...
- 4/26/2011
- by Matt Singer
- ifc.com
Films filled with tragedy are often in high supply at festivals like Tribeca. These noble independent efforts dealing with grief, mourning, and the repercussions of bad decisions don’t have wide audience prospects nor distributors pining to acquire them. The latest in this category, Angels Crest, comes from director Gaby Dellal, tackling a novel by Leslie Schwartz and adapted by Catherine Trieschmann.
In an earnest opening, a young father Ethan (Thomas Dekker) goes on a trip with his three-year-old son Nate. Although he clearly loves his son, in a moment of negligence, he leaves the boy in his car to explore the woods. After returning from this short trip, he finds his truck empty and a long search by the townspeople results in no luck. The next morning, Ethan uncovers the frozen, dead body of his son and rest of the film follows the path of guilt and blame that...
In an earnest opening, a young father Ethan (Thomas Dekker) goes on a trip with his three-year-old son Nate. Although he clearly loves his son, in a moment of negligence, he leaves the boy in his car to explore the woods. After returning from this short trip, he finds his truck empty and a long search by the townspeople results in no luck. The next morning, Ethan uncovers the frozen, dead body of his son and rest of the film follows the path of guilt and blame that...
- 4/25/2011
- by Jordan Raup
- The Film Stage
It takes a village to mourn a child. That’s a sort of thesis for “Angels Crest,” which takes a panoramic view of how a town reacts to the sudden death of a three-year-old boy. The entire community is brought into focus, its ensemble cast gathering around the bereaved father and his sorrow while simultaneously grappling with his negligence in the matter. Adapted from the novel by Leslie Schwartz, the film feels very much like a work of literature with its wide scope and thematic breadth. Yet this seems to be both a strength and a weakness, and its rich shared…...
- 4/23/2011
- Spout
One month, 280 films and 70,000 words later, my guide to the films of 2010 is now complete. I hope you've enjoyed reading it all - it's been utterly exhausting but an ultimately rewarding venture I've been single-handedly pulling together since early December. If you have liked it, my only request is that you help spread the word about it now that it's all done.
If you're a fellow blogger or site owner, please give it a plug on your site. If you're a reader, give it a mention on Facebook, Twitter or other online places you might venture. A lot of effort went into this, the greatest reward so far has been seeing it talked about and hearing your reactions. I'm glad many of you have gotten a lot of use out of the previous pages, so I hope you enjoy this final part:
Vincere
Opens: 2010
Cast: Filippo Timi, Giovanna Mezzogiorno, Corrado Invernizzi,...
If you're a fellow blogger or site owner, please give it a plug on your site. If you're a reader, give it a mention on Facebook, Twitter or other online places you might venture. A lot of effort went into this, the greatest reward so far has been seeing it talked about and hearing your reactions. I'm glad many of you have gotten a lot of use out of the previous pages, so I hope you enjoy this final part:
Vincere
Opens: 2010
Cast: Filippo Timi, Giovanna Mezzogiorno, Corrado Invernizzi,...
- 1/13/2010
- by Garth Franklin
- Dark Horizons
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