User Reviews

Another person commented asking if you needed to know the Minneapolis punk scene to understand the movie, not really but it makes it all the more beautiful and painful. I used to live in Minneapolis (Minnehopeless). The restaurant they eat at was outside my apartment window. The music for the movie was done by Chan Poling from one of the great Minneapolis bands The Suburbs. I first saw this movie on Sundance Channel and have tried to find a copy on VHS or DVD since then. I have a really bad copy from cable. Everyone I've shown this to loves it and not just people who live in or used to live in Minneapolis. Anyone who has been through the dying of a music scene or freak scene or just the dying of a dream will get this movie. I want to see more from these people and I want to see a great DVD with a commentary track. :)

Would like to see more work from this director and filmographer. Thought the soundtrack to be not only depressing, but distracting. The lack of variance .... a seeming a constant that endeavored to keep the viewer in one mind set ... if that was the hope .... worked. Otherwise, it did nothing to punctuate the film and let the viewer really feel anything but detached. As the characters seemed to be, as well. Are we supposed to think that Thomas is ambivalent about his primary relationship or that he's ready to move on, but afraid of the future. The selling of the guitars, is this symbolic of his split w. the past. Maybe this film would be better received on other countries? I don't know, there are a lot of 20something angst films out there, and the character of Thomas is certainly angst ridden, if nothing else. Maybe the backstory of the punk rock scene in Minneapolis has to be known/appreciated to connect w. these characters? Sabana is suppose red famous locally, but for what? The film never says. So it goes w. most of the characters. If you like films that leave you "wanting" then don't miss "Snow."