Thought I'd give this one a shot, since I've always liked the title (sounds mysterious, like a snow-bound thriller), but the misperceived melodrama of the acting and the storyline, right to the atrocious, embarassing final shot is so ridiculous the filmmakers' choices border on insane. Maybe this is because the director's last film was Weekend at Bernie's (!), and his sensibility gauge for emotional honesty was out of whack. Kelly McGillis followed Witness, Top Gun, Made in Heaven, The House on Carroll Street, and The Accused with the one-two punch in 1989 with this film and Cat Chaser, another disaster, and she doesn't seem to have starred in a worthwhile film again. That's unfortunate, because she was good.
Review of Winter People
