Let It Snow (film)
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| Let It Snow (also known as Snow Days) | |
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 Let It Snow (Peters and Marcus) |
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| Directed by | Adam Marcus |
| Written by | Kipp Marcus |
| Starring | Kipp Marcus Alice Dylan Bernadette Peters Larry Pine Henry Simmons Judith Malina Miriam Shor |
| Release date(s) | June 8, 2001 |
| Running time | 90 min |
| Language | English |
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Let It Snow is a 2001 romantic comedy movie. The story involves a young man who finds love during "snow days" time off from high school, but spends years finding his true self. He is haunted by the family "curse"--as told to him by his grandmother--that of the men in the family being doomed.
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[edit] Plot summary
James (Kipp Marcus) meets and falls in love with Sarah (Alice Dylan) during time off for snow days while in high school. James, however, has commitment issues, and Sarah eventually winds up engaged to another man. His grandmother (Judith Malina) had warned him about the family curse, that the "men always leave and the women go crazy", which causes James to be reluctant to commit. Over the next few years, James searches for his true self, ending up at "The CIA"--the Culinary Institute of America.
His eccentric mother (Bernadette Peters), in an endless search for her inner self and having commitment issues of her own, spends time with a series of lovers who don't speak English, in the "International House of Boyfriends".
Ultimately James overcomes the family curse and wins Sarah.
[edit] Response
The Variety reviewer (Lael Loewenstein) wrote: "Smarter and more appealing than many other recent romantic comedies." (November 5, 1999) Elvis Mitchell in The New York Times wrote: "The film's naïveté makes up for its rampant predictability." (June 8, 2001)
[edit] Awards
At the AFI Fest, 1999, Let It Snow won awards for Best New Writing (Kipp Marcus) and Best Editing (Joe Klotz). At the Deauville Film Festival, it received a nomination for Grand Special Prize, 2000. The film was an "Official Selection" at the 2000 Sundance Film Festival.
