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diego — If you're going to review a film — shouldn't you actually watch it? Trite sound score? Not sure Debney (Iron Man, Passion) has ever been described as "trite" — but diego — I have no doubt you are an expert in that department. Token "Jamaican"?!! Story was inspired by true events about the only African American boy in an all white community — and Bobbe' J is a talented comedian—perhaps why he was chosen for the role — along with Doug E. Doug. Because they're black you think they're buffoons? And these are 8, 9 and 10 year olds — "asexual boys" ? "passive girls" ?? A what's your problem with white kids? Who cares what color they are? It's a kids movie — about BULLYING. And what they learn is that winning ISN'T everything...in fact it isn't ANYTHING. That's the entire point of the film?! diego — did you fast forward through your DVD before racing out the door to your paying gig? Maybe SLANT should have another set of eyes actually look at the movie before they run your "reviews"— the story has absolutely NOTHING to do with "beating someone at something in the most spectacular way possible"? You're just making stuff up now. I loved this: "What is the breaking of a record, as recognized by Guinness, but the official legitimation that one has just rendered a previous winner a brand new loser?" hahahahaha — what — do you get paid by the word or something? It's clear you didn't even watch it!. The scene in which "Billy musters just enough courage to get on top of a school cafeteria" and remove his cap is totally SUPPOSED TO BE the kid manipulating the crowd — just like his used car salesman dad has taught him — to SPIN. That's the point dude — watch the film or have someone at least explain it to you before you submit a "review"...The whole lesson the kid learns is the ends DON'T justify the means... they say it like SIX times —" it's not what you do but HOW you do it." And by the way diego? You do it poorly.

My family loved Snowmen. LOVED IT. And although some elements of the story concerned me as a parent, they worked out beautifully in the end. It was obvious that everyone in the theater loved it too. How many movies have you been to where the audience broke into applause twice during the movie?

To give this amazing little film no stars seems unfair to me. Especially when your biggest criticisms seem based on misinformation. The film doesn't promote winning is everything, in fact, it promotes the exact opposite; the Jamaican is not treated as a token black kid, nor is he presented as a buffoon — the comic relief is clearly the little white boy, Lucas.

I agree with the previous poster (R Derringer), it seems like you didn't watch the movie.

How could you scored snowmen 0 out of 100. and 0 stars out of 10 It's impossible for the aundience winning movie from tribecca film festival and toronto film festival.

like that Mr.Robert Derringer said in the previous post, it' s like you didn't even watch the full movie and you critic this. From that you don't know even the message of the movie and say that "winning is everything". The movie told all the time that "it's doesn't matter what you do but how you do it" And how you misunderstand to be like this. I don't understand

I don't know what part of you make you critic like this. your PREJUDICE, or your BAD ATTITUDE. You may just watch the trailer and you determined that this is the suck movie and tried anyway to find a fault of this movie. look at the word you say "I'm not sure what part of Snowmen doesn't scream completely inappropriate" "beating someone at something in the most spectacular way possible" it's like you tried to find a fault of this movie. and then you maked up for it and using sharp-tounge to make your critic look more interesting and more professional.No, it's not. It make you look like an idiot that don't know EVEN how to critic a movie .

make your heart be neutral before you critic. Don't spot at a very small details. look at the large picture.

Don't let your individualistic opinion influence your critic. and you won't make a mistake like this.

By the way . The sharp-tounge that you using isnt the way can persuade the reader now. remember it.