The Sweet Hereafter
Taste attributes: dramalegalslowfresh & originalheavyrealisticintricatelinearenclosedemotive & stirringall consuming questcomplex relationshipdeep rivalry
"There is no such thing as the simple truth."
Boxlist takeExpect a layered, small-scale drama, grounded rather than fantastical. Best if you like close-up stories over spectacle.
Taste details
Pace: slow · Originality: fresh · Tone: balanced · Weight: heavy · Realism: true to life · Story: very intricate · Structure: linear · Look: balanced · Scale: confined · Emotional punch: stirringHow we score
Quality rating
7.0 /10
TMDB · 266 votes
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Streaming data: JustWatch
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What lines up
- Originality: Fresh / original, just how this profile likes it
- Intricacy: Smart / intricate, just how this profile likes it
- Pace: Slow, just how this profile likes it
What might not click
- Realism: True to life, where this profile leans balanced realism
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Synopsis
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.
Synopsis: TMDB
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Details
- Genre
- Drama
- Year
- 1997
- Runtime
- 112 min
- Status
- Released
- Studio
- Alliance Communications
- Taste scores
- How we score
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Matched on pace, tone, themes and style, not just genre.
