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Title: Unusual & unique
Review: THE SWEET HEREAFTER is a very difficult film to evaluate. It is more of a character study (as are all of Egoyan's films) than a traditional plot driven narrative, though there obviously is a narrative.Most of the story of the bus accident (the "narrative"), interestingly enough (and quite characteristically of Egoyan), is withheld from the audience. The aftermath of such a crisis, however, is given screen time in its place. In this way Egoyan sets this, and all of his films, apart from others: by exposing the "gaps" within any given story, by exploring the unstated and uncharted emotions in subtle --and some say anti-climactic-- ways.This film displays Egoyan's brilliance and originality as a director, even though I believe it is his worst film to date. (You can imagine what I think of his other films.)
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