The Sweet Hereafter (1997)

Pop Culture Phenomenon Films: 90’s (1929 movies items)

" Since it’s a film about a bus crash, and it’s aftermath, you know it’s going to a tearjerker, and it is. After a accident, kills everyone on board, the town wants answers, and proceeds to sue the bus driver who survived. Based on the novel by Russell Banks, and itself based on the 1989 bus crash, in Alton, Texas, the film garnered rave reviews, even if audiences didn’t see it that much. The film, which was nominated for dozens of awards, also featured a soundtrack with songs perform"

Canada In Film (and TV) (72 tv items)

"After a school bus accident in a small British Columbia town results in the deaths of 14 children, a divisive class-action lawsuit stirs up personal and family issues. Based on the novel of the same name by Russell Banks, inspired by actual events in Alton, Texas in 1989."

Watched in 2023 (53 movies items)

"27.1. Toinen katselukerta."

1997 Awardie Awards (38 movies items)

"Other nominations Best Director Best Screenplay Based on a Novel or Other Material "

A very good movie

“Since I kept hearing some pretty good things about this flick, I was quite eager to check it out. The last 20 years, I have tried to follow Atom Egoyan's work but everything he made recently turned out to be rather underwhelming ('The Captive' being an all-time low for the Canadian director). Well, after all these years, it was really neat to finally see his magnum-opus and the reason why the guy was one of the most heralded directors back in the 90's. To be honest, it wasn't an easy movie to decipher though. Indeed, you had first some random chronology which is usually a useless gimmick but it did work very well here. Then, the motivations of Steven Mitchell were also rather obscure. Indeed, it seemed rather unlikely that he did it for the money but, then, why did he try to convince this ” read more

1001 Movies ... my own version (1990's) (98 movies items)

" Notes: To be honest, it wasn't an easy movie to decipher. Indeed, you had first some random chronology which is usually a useless gimmick but it did work very well here. Then, the motivations of Steven Mitchell were also rather obscure. Indeed, it seemed rather unlikely that he did it for the money but, then, why did he try to convince this community to get a trial? Anyway, eventually, it wasn't not a movie about greed, it was a movie about grief and the different ways you can deal with this e"

1001 Movies Chosen By Johanlefourbe (1001 movies items)

" Notes: To be honest, it wasn't an easy movie to decipher. Indeed, you had first some random chronology which is usually a useless gimmick but it did work very well here. Then, the motivations of Steven Mitchell were also rather obscure. Indeed, it seemed rather unlikely that he did it for the money but, then, why did he try to convince this community to get a trial? Anyway, eventually, it wasn't not a movie about greed, it was a movie about grief and the different ways you can deal with this e"

Watched in 2021 (74 movies items)

"16.3. Bussitapaturman sattuessa kylään laskeutuu painava hiljaisuus. Kun hiljaisuutta saapuu rikkomaan asianajaja Mitchell Stephens, kaikki eivät ota häntä aivan yhtä lämpimästi vastaan. Elokuva aukeaa mestarilliseen tapaan, dialogi soljuu ja koko peruslähtökohta tarinassa ja teemoissa traumojen avaamisesta - puolin ja toisin - on täyttä rautaa. Hienoa elokuvaa jälleen Egoyanilta."

Miika's Movie Diary 2021 (113 movies items)

"20.2."

Elokuvat 2021 (271 movies items)

"28.1 Egoyan/Kanada Kohtalon arvaamaton akanvirta kuljetti sellaiseen tilanteeseen, jossa kaljapäisen poikaporukan televisioruudusta alkoi näkyä keskiyön kellonlyömällä Atom Egoyanin indieklassikko Suloinen Ikuisuus. Kanadalaisen pikkukylän lapset ovat kuolleet koulubussin suistuttua jäihin. Kylänraitilla leijuu suru. Ian Holmin esittämä asianajaja saapuu kuin mikäkin kalpea ratsastaja organiseeraamaan joukkokannetta jotain maksukykyistä, mitä tahansa, tahoa vastaan, rahastamaan m"

Mustanaamio7's Movie Diary 2019 (251 movies items)

"12.2. 2019 A horrible tragedy strikes a small Canadian town when several children get killed in a school bus accident. A lawyer wants to find someone to blame for the accident by any means necessary. The lawyer is a very humane character, just like all the others. He is suspicious, but still not especially immoral, and he is also haunted by some dramatic personal incidents of his past. The story is told in unchronological order and Egoyan controls this stylistic decision admirably so that it "

Films watched in 2018 (398 movies items)

"DVD - Sunday 28.01.18"

“Egoyan at its best. Holm excells as an angry mature man, trying to fix everbpody's tragedy but his with his yunki daughter. The Pied Piper morbid sardonic satirical political theme (thanks to the bonus track I read it for the first time), spreads its mystery all over.” read more

Project #1 -1001 Movies I Must see Before I die- (1167 movies items)

" Rating iMDB: My Rating: Director: Actors: Genre: The Plot:"

Films Watched in 2017 (225 movies items)

"30.7."

Watched in 2017 (305 movies items)

" 4-08 "

30 From 97: My Favorite Films From 1997 (30 movies items)

" A small Canadian town is left emotionally reeling when a school bus has a fatal accident resulting in the loss of several of the local children. An out of town lawyer, driven by his failure to protect his own daughter from the devastation of drug addiction, tries to convince the towns people to sue for a big settlement. However, with the class action suit depending on the few kids who did survive, one of the primary (and potentially hopeful) witnesses, a now paralyzed 15 year old once buddin"