Review: Shailene Woodley Gets Lost In A Blizzard

By JOCELYN NOVECK, AP National Writer, Seattle Post-Intelligencer: Movies
Wed, 10/22/2014 - 2:30pm

[...] let's amend that — those Woodley fans who are excited about the news that she sheds some clothes here will probably not care a whit about whether the film meets its lofty artistic goals. Except for those darned dreams, where she's wandering through a fake blizzard, everything all bleachy white like in a snow globe — and comes across her mother lying there, nude. Araki has departed in various ways from the book, moving the action from Ohio to suburban California, and changing the time frame; we begin in 1988 and move ahead to 1991 (the soundtrack includes Depeche Mode, The Cure and Cocteau Twins). Exploring her newfound sexuality, she even makes a play for the handsome, grizzled detective (Thomas Jane) who's investigating her mother's disappearance. White Bird in a Blizzard," a Magnolia Pictures release, is rated R by the Motion Picture Association of America "for sexual content/nudity, language and some drug use.

Topics: woodley araki ohio california depeche mode the cure cocteau twins exploring thomas jane white bird blizzard magnolia pictures motion picture association america r

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