Whatever potential subtlety and complexity we are promised does not materialise — only hammy airport-bestseller histrionics, and the whole movie sometimes seems submerged in a kind of cold-tea sepia look, appropriate to its historical background. "
The Guardian
"...an old-fashioned, espionage-tinged romance that might be more at home on ITV3 than the big screen.
Empireonline
Empireonline
"...
Sarif’s very mawkish and
novelettish melodrama...For all its invocations of Russian history, this is a
glorified telenovela at heart.
The Independant
The National
"....It’s all so brightly lit, and presented in an
amateur way – with stilted dialogue, and such clumsy staging. The poor
supporting cast do not help matters, turning would could be a great film, into
a pastiche of an 80s soap opera – and let’s face it, nobody wants that
"... And yet, and yet. It just doesn’t work. Dance is typically great and so is Ferguson, but they’re surrounded by cringe-worthy performances
The Times UK
"...
And clocking in
at a lean 93 minutes, there’s simply not enough time for ‘Despite the Falling
Snow’ to become the poignant love story it wants to be.
Time Out
" ...As much of a misfire as Criminal is, it’s
preferable to Despite the Falling Snow (*), a dreary, incompetently
plotted and flatly directed
" ...As much of a misfire as Criminal is, it’s
preferable to Despite the Falling Snow (*), a dreary, incompetently
plotted and flatly directed
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