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Critics rate it 17 points higher than audiences do. Scores higher than 96% of the 1,941 1990s drama movies in this catalog.
Synopsis
A small mountain community in Canada is devastated when a school bus accident leaves more than a dozen of its children dead. A big-city lawyer arrives to help the survivors' and victims' families prepare a class-action suit, but his efforts only seem to push the townspeople further apart. At the same time, one teenage survivor of the accident has to reckon with the loss of innocence brought about by a different kind of damage.
Ratings
IMDb7.4/10
Rotten Tomatoes98%
Metacritic91/100
Critics rate it 17 points higher than audiences do.
443 audience votes
Key crew
- Atom EgoyanScreenplay
- Atom EgoyanDirector
- Mychael DannaOriginal Music Composer
Cast
- Ian HolmMitchell Stephens
- Sarah PolleyNicole Burnell
- Tom McCamusSam Burnell
- Gabrielle RoseDolores Driscoll
- Alberta WatsonRisa Walker
- Caerthan BanksZoe Stephens
- Maury ChaykinWendell Walker
- Stephanie MorgensternAllison
- Bruce GreenwoodBilly Ansel
- Arsinée KhanjianWanda Otto
- Earl PastkoHartley Otto
- Simon BakerBear
Stills
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Themes
small towncanadabased on novel or booksufferingvillageparalysisbased on true storytragedylawyercar accidentschool busbritish columbia
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