Fresh
A delicate and touching story.
Jeff Strickler, Minneapolis Star Tribune
The Sweet Hereafter
There is no such thing as the simple truth.
1997 · 1h 52m · R
Drama
Directed by
Atom Egoyan
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The Sweet Hereafter
Overview
A small mountain community in Canada is devastated when a school bus accident leaves more than a dozen of its children dead. A big-city lawyer arrives to help the survivors' and victims' families prepare a class-action suit, but his efforts only seem to push the townspeople further apart. At the same time, one teenage survivor of the accident has to reckon with the loss of innocence brought about by a different kind of damage.
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98%
Tomatometer
Fresh
Canadian writer-director Atom Egoyan's most ambitious work to date, The Sweet Hereafter is a rich, complex meditation on the impact of a terrible tragedy on a small town.
Brendan Kelly, Variety
Fresh
Though this is Egoyan's first adaptation, The Sweet Hereafter could serve as a model for how to do it right.
Kenneth Turan, Los Angeles Times
Fresh
Audience is almost bound to be absorbed for the duration.
Mike Clark, USA Today
Fresh
In a season of expertly adapted contemporary fiction (like "L.A. Confidential" and "The Ice Storm"), this fusion of Banks's and Egoyan's sensibilities stands as a particularly inspired mix.
Janet Maslin, New York Times
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