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When the cake, immaculately constructed entirely from snow, emerges from the freezer, you know a character has reached redemption.

These fine actors lift, what could have easily been a movie of the week, to something else. If you need a detailed map, this movie may not be for you~ but if you can make the leaps, it is well worth it.

Alan Rickman ~ in one of his best performances to date plays Alex, a lonely soul with a dark hidden past. Traveling through Canada, he is picked up by a young vivacious hitchhiker. In a few short hours, she breaks through his reserve and he finds her charming. You want to see more of these two, form that rare thing a friendship between vast age differences, so the events that follow make it even more shocking.

Sigourney Weaver plays Linda, the very verbal autistic mother with nuance and shows that we all have gifts to give. Carrie -Anne Moss plays Maggie, the neighbor with her own troubles, but she gives Alex an age-old cure…

A superb soundtrack is provided by Broken Social Scene, Feist, Super Furry ,the Animals and the Stereophonics.

I recommend this movie, adults only for mature themes.