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Director: Josh Sternfeld
Actors: Anthony Lapaglia, Aaron Stanford, Mark Webber (ii), Allison Janney, Ron Livingston
Studio: Paramount
Category: DVD

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Avg. Customer Rating: 3.0 out of 5 stars

24 reviews
Sales Rank: 13898

Format: Color, Dolby, Dvd-video, Widescreen, Ntsc
Languages: English (Original Language), English (Subtitled)
Rating: R (Restricted)
Number Of Items: 1
Running Time: 90
Aspect Ratio: 1.33:1
Shipping Weight (lbs): 0.2
Dimensions (in): 7.1 x 5.4 x 0.6

MPN: PARD344664D
UPC: 097363446644
EAN: 0097363446644
ASIN: B000A0GOMS

Theatrical Release Date: 2004
Release Date: September 13, 2005
Availability: Usually ships in 1-2 business days

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Editorial Reviews:

Product Description
A man is trying to grapple with his wifes sudden death while feeling helpless as his 2 sons struggle with their own grief & begin to drift away from him. Hope arrives in the form of a new neighbor whose kindness suddenly brings warmth during the coldest time of his familys life. Studio: Paramount Home Video Release Date: 08/21/2007 Starring: Anthony Lapaglia Mark Webber Run time: 90 minutes Rating: R Director: Josh Sternfeld

Amazon.com
Title aside, Winter Solstice is set in the spring and summer of a small, pretty, and dull Northeastern town. Anthony LaPaglia eases comfortably into the role of a widower anxious about his two teenage boys growing up and slipping away from him in Josh Sternfeld's low-key drama. While the eldest (Aaron Stanford) yearns for something more, or at least something different, his younger brother (Mark Webber) is the poster child for underachievers: Unfocused and distracted, wound up yet unmotivated. Sternfeld creates a lovely texture of naturalism and the boys create a convincing brotherly vibe in shared glances and private jokes, but the lulling rhythms take over the film, even when Allison Janney arrives with her low-key nervous energy. --Sean Axmaker

Customer Reviews: Read 19 more reviews...

1 out of 5 stars

Shallow and Awkward November 1, 2008
I should really learn to never judge a book (or movie) by its cover. The laurels this film got from critics as well as film festivals just shows how out of touch they really are. This has got to be the worst movie I've seen since "About Schmitdt". The plot was thin, the characters were never really developed, and the direction was poor. Too bad, in the hands of the right director it could have been quite good.

1 out of 5 stars

BORING!!!! July 1, 2008
I bought this title hoping for an American take on Rosamunde Pilcher's novel of the same name and I was soooooooooooo disappointed. I have not ever watched the entire movie.

1 out of 5 stars

boring and horrid boys June 7, 2008
i was waiting for this boring movie to start it was colorful set in nice place the boys unlikable weird ansty nothing happens should have read the comments first i thought this was a Pilcher novel also..............so sorry to waste my time

1 out of 5 stars

Total disappointment March 24, 2008
1 out of 1 found this review helpful

I ordered this product thinking it was based on Rosamunde Pilcher's inter Solstice. It was not! What a drag! The film ended and I thought I had fallen asleep during it and decided to watch it again. I did not make any sense.

1 out of 5 stars

Disappointment February 23, 2008
1 out of 1 found this review helpful

Rosamunde Pilcher wrote a wonderful story called WINTER SOLSTICE. This bleak film bears no resemblance to her story and should not be advetised as such. I was vastly disappointed!!!

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