Littered among the tanker’s crew are worthy character actors like Graham McTavish, Abraham Benrubi, and Michael Raymond-James, who offer half-hearted support and dissent as Affleck the boat whisperer bids them to follow his commands. You can always see Ray’s brain-wheels turning, and it’s enough to convince his fellow crewmates to listen to him and follow his unorthodox advice (essentially, to try and run the remaining piece of the ship aground and wait for rescue) even though he has no authority to set the course. It’s hard to encapsulate exactly why Affleck is so good, but as with his other best performances ( Gone Baby Gone, The Assassination of Jesse James), he animates an introverted character with subtle mental busywork whenever he’s on the screen. As Ray Sybert, the tanker’s standoffish engineer, he comes up with makeshift solutions for steering a boat after half of it has broken off and sunk into the ocean, mumbling orders at the rest of the crew while furrowing his brow and fixing any dissidents with a dead-eyed stare. Over on the wrecked tanker, Casey Affleck gives the kind of measured, thought-out performance he’s so eminently capable of, even if the film isn’t complex enough to rise to his level. Why The Finest Hours had to be in 3D at all is beyond me, but it renders many of the rescue scenes, which take place at night, a muddy mess of dark water and blurry people. ![]() Otherwise, the action is disappointingly foggy, not helped by the dim 3D conversion that seems a throwback to the medium’s earliest, cruddiest days. This is the film’s most impressive sequence, not only from a technical standpoint, but also because of the number of times the ensemble has to repeat the word “bar,” a crucial test of their Cape Cod accents (which range from solid to best ignored). Gillespie does his best to give Miriam her due, but the real star of his movie is the ocean and its CGI waves-particularly the ones crashing around the sandbar Bernie’s rescue boat has to navigate its way over. Miriam is much more spirited, but once the movie leaps forward a few months to the fated day of the storm, she’s relegated to a more predictable role, biting her lip and worrying about Bernie on the shore while he’s off being a hero. It’s here that Gillespie’s talents are best-deployed: He made the winsome, strange indie dramedy Lars and the Real Girl in 2007, and sometimes Bernie doesn’t feel too far off from Ryan Gosling’s character in that film, a sweet loner who falls in love with a sex doll. ![]() The film opens on a halting moment of courtship between Bernie and his eventual wife Miriam (Holliday Grainger), and it’s probably the film’s most charming scene, since Bernie is about as stilted and awkward with the woman he loves as anyone could imagine. Pine, usually possessed of a little more rakish energy in films like Star Trek and Unstoppable, is as stoic as they come, and he’s an avatar for the film at large: competent, but (please forgive the pun) no showboat. “Isn’t it incredible that these men drove out into this storm to rescue these people?” the film seems to ask. Those words haunt her till this date.The Finest Hours comes in that tiny Hollywood pocket between the twin swells of Oscar prestige and blockbuster monotony, taking advantage of its status as a film that’s visually ambitious without offering anything remotely controversial or challenging. She appears to be extremely resilient on the outside, but she frequently thinks back on her mother’s final words before passing away (she mentions the incident in the film stating that her mother said her that she was cold). The trip is actually intended to lift her spirits because she recently lost her mother. She is a medicine student and always try to maintain a healthy balance between fun and seriousness within the group. ![]() Kit is the group’s party boy and prankster Em is the awkward girl who is always concerned with her stomach Andy is Kit’s partner in crime as well as Em’s boyfriend River is his parents’ obedient son who always tries to follow their instructions to keep their antiques secure, and last but not the least Eden is the nerd of the group, who recently lost her mother.Īmong the five people, Eden is the most mature person. They make each other laugh and have an incredible bond. These people are extremely close to one another. Snow Falls Movie Synopsis and Plot Summaryįive friends – Andy, Eden, Kit, Em and River decides to spend their ‘New Year’ vacation in the cottage of River’s parents situated in the remote skiing destination called ‘Snow Falls’. So be aware that it will contain spoilers. This article will go over the film in greater depth.
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