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- 60The Hollywood ReporterFrank ScheckThe Hollywood ReporterFrank ScheckA surprisingly effective debut effort from writer-director Robert Kirbyson.
- It's a shame the film's first two acts are such a grind since there's actually a decently wrought resolution to it all. But by then, between the youngsters' more-is-less acting (Ray Liotta fares only slightly better as Billy's madcap dad), feeble stabs at humor and overreaching profundity, it's too little, too late.
- 50VarietyRonnie ScheibVarietyRonnie ScheibPicture narrowly avoids outright bathos, thanks largely to first-rate perfs by its child thesps and by Ray Liotta. But by self-righteously rejecting facile solutions, then employing them anyway in the tradition of "no ending left behind," the result conforms to parents' old-fashioned notions of kid movies rather than demonstrating true kid appeal.
- 0Slant MagazineDiego SemereneSlant MagazineDiego SemereneI'm not sure what part of Snowmen doesn't scream completely inappropriate, sentimental Manichean drivel.