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First Snow

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Jimmy (Guy Pearce), a fast-talking salesman, has big ambitions. While selling flooring, he has an idea that will make him a rich man. His dreams come to a grinding halt when his car breaks down in a small desert town. To pass the time he seeks the advice of a roadside fortuneteller. Though at first the soothsayer's predictions are good, the session ends abruptly when the man pulls away in terror, for Jimmy is fated to die when the season's first snowflakes fall.

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In First Snow, an interesting premise gives way to a slow and tedious noir that adds little to the genre.

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Sheri Linden The Hollywood Reporter 12/04/2007
A fresh, intelligent and thoroughly involving psychological thriller. Go to Full Review
Jonathan Rosenbaum Chicago Reader 11/27/2007
I was beguiled by both the eerie moods and the striking compositions, which incorporate large stretches of empty space. Go to Full Review
Michael Wilmington Chicago Tribune 06/30/2007
3/4
A smart, tense modern film noir. Go to Full Review
Peter Keough Boston Phoenix 04/23/2009
3/4
Predictability hangs over Mark Fergus's skillful debut feature, but not enough to detract from the intensity of the mood, the rhythm, and the performances. Go to Full Review
Louise Keller Urban Cinefile 01/29/2009
A first rate thriller, First Snow is about a man haunted by his past who revisits it in a bid to change his destiny. It's a terrific role for Guy Pearce, who ably carries the film on his shoulders Go to Full Review
Liz Braun Jam! Movies 06/23/2007
3.5/5
First Snow is an auspicious directorial debut for Mark Fergus. It will be interesting to see what he does next. Go to Full Review
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Kashgar A @AllFunAndGames Apr 26 An interesting, slow burn take on the inevitability of fate. If you’re in the mood for something slow and meditative, this could be it See more Michael A @RT70244109 03/17/2025 I liked the premise and first act, but since the set up gave the story a sense of inevitability, it was hard to get too invested is anything that happens. See more Go 4 I @RT69553120 01/10/2025 Not too long at 90 + minutes and hints of Twilight Zone and that is a good thing. I found the dialogue to be authentic, Vincent in particular. Vincent sounded like people I have known. The actors were believable and characters were more than card board. See more Blu B @RT43513976 08/13/2024 It's boring more than anything despite a idea with good potential and interesting commentary about fate. The cinematography isn't good. It's dull to look at, lifeless lots of time, and at it's best it looks ok. None of the locations are that memorable either. The music is very lifeless and dull also and isn't good. The acting is ok and probably the best thing which makes sense given the cast. Guy really doesn't do that much and never really left much of an impression on me despite feeling like he's giving it his all. J.K. is great and probably the best thing. Everthing else ithough is subpar. The biggest issue is all the aspects of his life affected by the fortune telling like his wife, job, the fortune teller, the colleague he got fired, and Vincent feel all seperate and never work together to form a cohseive narrative. If you removed any one or two of those subplots really nothing would be lost except the runtime. I guess the Vincet storyline is the most important but you could almost remove the fortune teller main line and it wouldn't affect that much because he never really tells Vince about it. The end is just a whole lot of nothing and feels very anticlimatic. It's not well directed, the script isn't tight, and it's a missed opportunity for something unique. Skip this. See more DanTheMan 2 @DanTheMan2150AD 01/14/2024 Abstract pretentiousness combined with bleak inevitability, First Snow is a real plod to get through with predictability hanging low over its head. It's a middling pedestrian thriller at its core but between the more sour aspects of its storytelling lies some dauntless attempt at earnestness. From an underused and subdued J.K. Simmions, Cliff Martinez's understated score and neat direction leave little room for interest throughout its runtime. First Snow marks so much missed potential that the sum of its parts isn't enough to satisfy most palm readings. See more 10/16/2021 Não sei se faltou apego, empatia ou carisma, o que sei que apesar da tentativa forçada de ser dramática, com tons sombrios, fotografia escura, trilha melancolia, sonoplastia de mistério, não embalou, gostei da trama entruncada entre os ex amigos da infância, e o desfecho, os últimos 30 minutos valeu pelo filme, a verdade vindo a tona, a redenção com a confissão... See more Read all reviews
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Movie Info

Synopsis Jimmy (Guy Pearce), a fast-talking salesman, has big ambitions. While selling flooring, he has an idea that will make him a rich man. His dreams come to a grinding halt when his car breaks down in a small desert town. To pass the time he seeks the advice of a roadside fortuneteller. Though at first the soothsayer's predictions are good, the session ends abruptly when the man pulls away in terror, for Jimmy is fated to die when the season's first snowflakes fall.
Director
Mark Fergus
Producer
Bryan Furst, Sean Furst, Tom Lassally, Robyn Meisinger, Bob Yari
Screenwriter
Mark Fergus, Hawk Ostby
Distributor
Yari Film Group
Production Co
Furst Films, El Camino Pictures
Rating
R (Some Violence|Sexuality|Language)
Genre
Drama, Mystery & Thriller, Action, Crime
Original Language
English
Release Date (Theaters)
Mar 23, 2007, Original
Release Date (Streaming)
Oct 11, 2018
Box Office (Gross USA)
$213.0K
Runtime
1h 41m