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The Sweet Hereafter (1997) 7.7
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Metascore: 90/100
Reviews: 193 user | 120 critic | 23 from Metacritic.com This film documents the effects of a tragic bus accident on the population of a small town. Director:Atom Egoyan |
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Caerthan Banks | ... | |
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Risa
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Wendell
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Allison
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Kirsten Kieferle | ... |
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Wanda
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Earl Pastko | ... |
Hartley
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Bear
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David Hemblen | ... |
Abbott
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Sarah Rosen Fruitman | ... |
Jessica
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A small community is torn apart by a tragic accident which kills most of the town's children. A lawyer visits the victims' parents in order to profit from the tragedy by stirring up the their anger and launching a class action suit against anyone they can blame. The community is paralyzed by its anger and cannot let go. All but one young girl, left in a wheelchair after the accident, who finds the courage to lead the way toward healing. Written by Matthew Tichenor <mticheno@direct.ca>
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Country:
CanadaLanguage:
EnglishRelease Date:
21 November 1997 (USA) See more »Also Known As:
De beaux lendemains See more »Box Office
Budget:
CAD 5,000,000 (estimated)Opening Weekend:
$31,149 (USA) (10 October 1997)Gross:
$4,306,697 (USA) (3 April 1998)Company Credits
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Billy Ansell: Not unless you can raise the dead.
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Words and Music by The Tragically Hip
Courtesy of Universal Music/Ball Music, Inc. and Little Smoke Music, Inc.
Performed by The Tragically Hip
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Was inspired by the 1989 school bus crash in Alton, Texas. See more »Goofs
When Stephens visits the Ottos, and Mr. Otto offers him some tea, we hear a teakettle whistling but the one we see on the cooker is not the whistling type. See more »Quotes
Mitchell Stephens: I can help you.Billy Ansell: Not unless you can raise the dead.
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CourageWords and Music by The Tragically Hip
Courtesy of Universal Music/Ball Music, Inc. and Little Smoke Music, Inc.
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This was one of the saddest films I have ever seen. I do not mean that in bad way though. I have seen sad films that made me depressed and I usually disliked them because of this. The Sweet Hereafter is different though. It is a sad film without being manipulative and fake. The film brilliantly shows how people need to have revenge. After a bus accident where all but two are killed the people of the town, after a lawyer pushes them on, become obsessed with suing those responsible. Egoyan looks at how people can not accept that things happen by accident. The people of the town feel that someone has to pay for the pain they are feeling and in the end they are the ones to pay for it. The acting is excellent, especially Ian Holm. Once you become accustomed to the time shifts this is an incredibly rewarding film that you will always remember.