White Bird in a Blizzard

2014 "I was 17 when my mother disappeared…"
White Bird in a Blizzard
6.4| 1h31m| R| en| More Info
Released: 24 October 2014 Released
Producted By: Why Not Productions
Country: United States of America
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Official Website: http://www.magpictures.com/whitebirdinablizzard/
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In 1988, a teenage girl's life is thrown into chaos when her mother disappears.

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Bernat Daura I really liked this movie. I like these sort of plots where you keep going backwards and forwards so you can find out a little more about what's going on. You spend the whole movie thinking that the mother is simply gone and maybe having an affair with someone. Finally when you finally get an idea of what could've happened to Eve (the mother) becuse it all makes you think that Kat's dad killed her and hid the body into a freezer, Kat opens it and she finds nothing but frozen food, and your idea of her mother's body being in there fades away, but at the end of the movie they reveal that, as you provably expected, that her dad killed Eve because she was seeing Kat's ex boyfriend Phil, but at the very last moment we find out Kat's dad was actually having an affair with Phil. It might be fiction but I believe it reflects what happens when your marriage doesn't work and you are not happy with your life, obviously I don't mean that all of this could happen but it shows how blown up someone's mind can be when you have internal problems.My conclusion is that nothing is what you expect, I really think I made a good choice by picking this movie!
canadian58 Kat's mother up and disappears. Kat immediately starts sleeping with the detective on the case. There are flashbacks where we see Kat's mother treating her like a pet "cat" and being a cold hearted bitch to her father. Kat has dreams of walking through a snowstorm and her mother calling her name. Kat's boyfriend acts suspiciously when Kat comes home from college. There is a flashback scene when the freezer in the basement becomes unplugged by accident and stinks up the house. As soon as this scene occurs, the ending is obvious. The snowstorm represents the inside of the freezer, where Kat's mother's body is. Her dad killed her mother and hid the body in the freezer. Except we have no sympathy for Kat, who tells her therapist that she doesn't miss her mother at all, and just wants to sleep with guys. Nor any for her mother, who right from the start, like stated earlier, is just a cold hearted bitch. And of course, there has to be a homosexual element to the story, as every single movie and TV show has these days. Skip this movie. It's a waste of 90 minutes.
InaneSwine The film's intentionally awkward and disjointed style takes quite a while to settle into, as the clumsy dialogue and impenetrable story juxtapose with beautiful images and music. But once you get your head round everything, it is quite an enjoyable watch, the main attraction here being the impressive cast - particularly Shailene Woodley's sensitive character, Eva Green's wonderfully cartoonish performance and the breath of fresh air from the comical Gabourey Sidibe and Mark Indelicato.Overall, I would recommend the film; but if you miss it, I wouldn't fret too much.
jackcwelch23 This film is so nonchalant in its storytelling you feel as if the whole thing has been told to you by someone who's been awake for 24 hours and is just about to pass out. Shailene Woodley gives a strong performance but plays an unlikeable self indulgent bore. I couldn't care less about her story and her discoveries because there was nothing to root for. No real sense that the character is a worthwhile one to watch change. The signature seduction scene is cringeworthy and very unsettling, like seeing someone rip a band aid off as slowly as possible. Although for anyone interested, she does indeed have a lovely pair of breasts. At a brisk 91 minutes, we have little time to spend with these characters and the time we do spend with them we neither enjoy or get much in the way of insight or thought. Eva Green was potentially interesting but unexplored, nothing but a mystery. Do we care about this weird, cruel mid life crisis having woman? i did not. She Probably shouldn't have gotten married seeing as it conflicted with her wild child personality. Chirstopher Meloni sits around a lot wearing a moustache but again is one dimensional. Shiloh Fernandez is pretty good at playing a complete dope but again has little else to latch onto. Overall it's just a tepid, boring drama. The colourful cinematography and cool soundtrack is great but there's just so little substance it equals naught.