A small community is torn apart by a tragic accident which kills most of the town's children. A lawyer visits the victims' parents in order to profit from the tragedy by stirring up their anger and launching a class action suit against anyone they can blame. The community is paralyzed by its anger and cannot let go. All but one young girl, left in a wheelchair after the accident, who finds the courage to lead the way toward healing.... (Full plot summary below)
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A small community is torn apart by a tragic accident which kills most of the town's children. A lawyer visits the victims' parents in order to profit from the tragedy by stirring up their anger and launching a class action suit against anyone they can blame. The community is paralyzed by its anger and cannot let go. All but one young girl, left in a wheelchair after the accident, who finds the courage to lead the way toward healing.
Leave your thoughts about The Sweet Hereafter.
| Sacramento BeeJoe BaltakeEgoyan sways away from the obvious, eschewing easy tears for something more fiercely intelligent. |
| The A.V. ClubKeith PhippsIt's all presented in a detached style that's ultimately much more moving and truthful than any heartstring-slashing weeper. This may be Egoyan's best work yet, and it's surely one of the best films of the year. |
| Houston ChronicleJeff MillarThe film searches for that place in the heart where we feel sadness and squeezes it persuasively. |
| Internet ReviewsSteve RhodesThe Sweet Hereafter could serve as a textbook example of the difference between television movies and "real" movies. |
| Austin ChronicleMarjorie BaumgartenI can think of no other movie that has dared to analyze grief and its aftermath with such naked honesty and precision. |
| eFilmCritic.comRob GonsalvesIan Holm gives us a wrenching portrait of a self-contained man cracking at the seams. |
| Empire MagazineKim NewmanIt's a tactfully acted film, beautifully shot in snowy widescreen, subtly scripted and directed with a rare touch. |
| ReelViewsJames BerardinelliThis is truly a great film -- easily one of 1997's best. |
| Spirituality and PracticeFrederic and Mary Ann BrussatExplores the ways in which a tragedy enhances rather than diminishes a town's sense of community. |
| Cincinnati EnquirerMargaret A. McGurkVisits the impossible contradictions of bereavement with clear-eyed compassion. |
