
Kat Connors is 17 years old when her seemingly perfect homemaker mother, Eve, disappears in 1988. Having lived for so long in an emotionally repressed household, she barely registers her mother's absence and certainly doesn't blame her doormat of a father, Brock, for the loss. But as time passes, Kat begins to come to grips with how deeply Eve's disappearance has affected her. Returning home on a break from college, she finds herself confronted with the truth about her mother... (Full plot summary below)
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Kat Connors is 17 years old when her seemingly perfect homemaker mother, Eve, disappears in 1988. Having lived for so long in an emotionally repressed household, she barely registers her mother's absence and certainly doesn't blame her doormat of a father, Brock, for the loss. But as time passes, Kat begins to come to grips with how deeply Eve's disappearance has affected her. Returning home on a break from college, she finds herself confronted with the truth about her mother's departure, and her own denial about the events surrounding it...
Leave your thoughts about White Bird in a Blizzard.
| Laramie Movie ScopeRobert RotenThis is an interesting story. Not a lot happens in this plot, but the characters are so well-drawn and the performances are so good, that it was a pleasure to follow this story to its conclusion. |
| The Patriot LedgerAl AlexanderA middling mystery wrapped up inside an even more hackneyed coming-of-age tale. |
| TIME MagazineRichard CorlissBeyond the prurient, there's not much of interest in this dour portrait of middle-class family values. |
| CompuserveHarvey S. KartenInvolving coming-of-age drama disguised as a psychological thriller. |
| Cinemalogue.comTodd JorgensonThe uneven film features some evocative imagery but too often feels muddled instead of provocative. |
| Movie ChambersPaul ChambersWhen is a thriller not a thriller? When it gets mixed up with a slow-moving coming-of-age tale about an intensely uninteresting teenager. |
| Irish TimesTara BradyIs cinema broken? How is that a film by a director as significant as Gregg Araki ends up with such a tiny release? And an excellent film, at that? |
| Electric SheepMark Stafford'You scratch the surface and there's just... more surface', Kat intones at one point. Well, quite. But it's an enjoyable surface to scratch. |
| Movie MezzanineJesse KnightWhite Bird in a Blizzard is a vital coming-of-age piece first, and a mystery second. |
| We Got This CoveredIsaac FeldbergWith Woodley and Green nailing every note, and Araki infusing each beautifully shot scene with creeping menace, White Bird In A Blizzard's somewhat familiar story remains altogether mesmerizing. |