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Sundance
Special
Snow Daze
Our
critics weather the Sundance storm and return with tales of addiction,
attraction and disaffection
by
Lisa Schwarzbaum
Any
adult nostalgia to relive the fresh teen-girl life again was killed for me
by
Stephanie Daley and In Between Days, two fine – but grim! – dramas about
fresh teen girls drowning in boy-girl confusion.
The former, a tautly drawn, elegantly structured work by Hilary
Brougher,
juxtaposes the case of the title character, a 16-year-old girl accused of
killing her newborn baby even though she claims she never knew she was
pregnant,
with the conflicted feelings of the pregnant forensic psychologist assigned
to
determine Stephanie’s truth; riveting performances by Tilda Swinton as
uneasy
woman and the exceptional Amber Tamblyn as miserable girl keep the power
perfectly, painfully balanced between the two...
Entertainment
Weekly
Special
Oscar Guide 2006
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