Rotten
"A melodrama about numbness and detachment, writer-director Gregg Araki's adaptation of Laura Kasischke's novel is a paradox on paper and an anesthetized dud on screen."
Inkoo Kang, TheWrap
White Bird in a Blizzard
I was 17 when my mother disappeared…
2014 · 1h 31m · R
Drama, Thriller
Directed by
Gregg Araki
Overview
In 1988, a teenage girl's life is thrown into chaos when her mother disappears.
Director and cast
- Gregg Araki Director
- Shailene Woodley as Kat Connor
- Eva Green as Eve Connor
- Christopher Meloni as Brock Connor
- Shiloh Fernandez as Phil
- Angela Bassett as Dr. Thaler
- Gabourey Sidibe as Beth
- Ava Acres as Kat (Age 8)
- Thomas Jane as Detective Scieziesciez
- Mark Indelicato as Mickey
- Dale Dickey as Mrs. Hillman
Critics on Rotten Tomatoes
Top critics, in their words
59%
Tomatometer
Rotten
Green in particular seems to be channeling the bride of Frankenstein for half her scenes. It's an awkward mix of styles, and it doesn't work.
Bill Goodykoontz, Arizona Republic
Fresh
An enjoyable, if uneven, adaptation of Laura Kasischke's coming-of-age novel about a teenage girl whose mother vanishes into thin air.
Tirdad Derakhshani, Philadelphia Inquirer
Rotten
'White Bird in a Blizzard" develops engine trouble early on, right around the time it asks us to accept Eva Green as a desperate suburban housewife.
Ty Burr, Boston Globe
Rotten
"White Bird in a Blizzard" is an odd little concoction, a coming-of-age story that, only in passing, is also a mystery.
Mick LaSalle, San Francisco Chronicle
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