First Snow (2006/I)

Calificación de los usuarios:

6.5/10   

Director:

Mark Fergus

Escritores (WGA):

Mark Fergus (written by) &
Hawk Ostby (written by)

Fecha de Lanzamiento:

23 marzo 2007 (USA)

Género:

Drama | Suspenso

Frase comercial:

What if someone looked into your future and didn't see tomorrow?

Plot:

A psychic's ominous reading sends a man into a tailspin.

Plot Keywords:

Partner | Salesman | Psychic | Soothsayer | Snow

Comentarios de los usuarios:

Taut noir thriller

Reparto

Guy Pearce	...	Jimmy Starks
Steven Michael Quezada	...	Mechanic Enrique (as Steven Quezada)
J.K. Simmons	...	Vacaro
Nicholas Ballas	...	Tavern Owner Pete
Piper Perabo	...	Deirdre
Rick Gonzalez	...	Andy Lopez
William Fichtner	...	Ed Jacomoi
David House	...	Bartender Sammy
Julie Gawkowski	...	Receptionist
Luce Rains	...	Roy Harrison
Forrest Fyre	...	Dr. Bates
Gurudarshan	...	Psychic Woman (as Gurudarshan Khalsa)
Callie Anne Morgan	...	Psychic Woman's Daughter
Jo Ann Soto	...	Crying Woman
Adriana Cordova	...	Andy Lopez's Wife

MPAA:

Rated R for language, some violence and sexuality.

Duración:

101 min

País:

Alemania | USA

Idioma:

Inglés

Color:

Color (FotoKem)

Relación de Aspecto:

1.85 : 1

Sonido:

SDDS | Dolby Digital | DTS

Clasificación:

USA:PG-13 | Finland:K-13 | Singapore:M18 | Australia:MA | New Zealand:R16

Locaciones de Filmación:

Albuquerque, New Mexico, USA

Compañía:

Furst Films

Errores:

Continuidad: In the scene where Jimmy's girlfriend has gone to his house to get her stuff, the collar on her sweater appears down when shown from the back. When the scene switches to her front, the collar is pulled up.

Citas:

Jimmy: Do you want to like get some ice cream or something?
Deirdre: How old are you, 13?

Conexiones de Película:

Apareció en "Siskel & Ebert & the Movies: (2007-04-07)" (2007)

Taut noir thriller

This taut little thriller, directed by first-timer Mark Fergus, is a real gripper with intelligence to spare and some seriously powerful stuff. The protagonist/anti-hero, Jimmy Starks (Guy Pearce in a role that hauntingly echoes his work in "Memento"), is a salesman/con man who easily slides in and out of legit selling and shady conning. Pearce carries this off beautifully, and is ably abetted in his downward spiraling tale by J.K. Simmons as Vaccaro, the strangely prescient soothsayer, William Fichtner as Jimmy's friend Ed, and some really great unknown actors in other supporting roles, principally the actor playing Jimmy's boss, who will hopefully go on to do more work on film (he's terrific).

Jimmy accidentally meets up with fortune teller Vaccaro who accurately predicts a win by a local college basketball team that Jimmy's bet on, as well as a windfall from an on-the-level business deal that Jimmy's involved in. What Vaccaro does not predict is the riveting, ever-darker series of events that ensue when Jimmy finds out that a former partner of his in a crooked scam, Vince, is now out on parole from a stretch in the slammer.

For my money, this is the best American noir thriller of the year so far, and would make a great addition, once it's out on DVD, to anyone's library of neo-noirs. The ending in particular is really strong--always the mark of a well-made film.

Try not to miss this. It's great.