Bad reviews for Despite the falling snow

"...directed by Sharim Sharif and adapted by the director from her own 2004 novel. It features laborious acting and directing, and a screenplay whose revelations are uninteresting, even were they not guessable long in advance.
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

"... Sarif’s very mawkish and novelettish melodrama...For all its invocations of Russian history, this is a glorified telenovela at heart.

The Independant

".... It’s told in two distinct timelines, both of which mirror one another in a rather clunky manner. One is a rather shallow portrait of the ‘50s Cold War era – marred by dodgy CGI snow, obvious green-screen and unconvincing sets - while the ‘90s segment plays out at-best like a mediocre late afternoon TV drama.
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

Heyuguy

"... 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.

Thetimes.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

Scotsman