Adam Scott, Guy Pearce, J.K. Simmons

Wound tight and cocky, Jimmy Starks is a smooth-talking salesman certain he's on the verge of a big break. Even when his car stalls in the middle of nowhere, a roadside soothsayer assures him a windfa...( read more  read more... )ll is on its way. Although Jimmy should be happy when his boss suddenly agrees to financially back his business venture, he starts to become paranoid instead. As his girlfriend Deirdre and his best friend/business partner Ed watch him slowly come unwound, Jimmy wonders if a past betrayal of his friend, newly paroled Vince, could be catching up to him. And, as the weather turns cold, Jimmy can't help but fear the mysterious seer's other prediction... that they'll be no tomorrow after the first snow.

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R, 1 hr. 41 min.

Directed by: Mark Fergus

Release Date: March 23, 2007

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DVD Release Date: November 27, 2007

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  • March 19, 2009
    It's engaging enough, but it never hits any real payoff.
  • March 3, 2009
    Written by screenwriters of famed "Children of Men", this overlooked psychological drama could've been a great one, if only its strong story didn't end with quick, dissapointing resolution, turning it into banal tale of inevitability of fate. As if we all should believe that what...( read more) fortune tellers t(s)ell us goes without any dispute, our hands are tight and we have nothing left to do except to accept it. So in the end, as Jimmy gets straight answer, we get it, too and there's nothing left for us here. Bearing some resemblance with Michael Haneke's masterful "Hidden" carefully plotted Jimmy's increasing paranoia, played flawlessly by Pearce is another example of a script which offered plenty, and delivered much less. One should never underestimate audience's intelligence and imagination. Especially when he appears to respects them, only changing his mind one minute before the credits. It's almost an insult.
  • August 10, 2008
    A slept on flick. Guy Pearce is a beast.
  • April 27, 2008
    Entertaining, but nothing exceptional. Love that J.K. Simmons.
  • January 16, 2008
    A decent psychological thriller with the not-that-new message that knowing about your impending death has a way of focusing your life and making everything supercharged with meaning. Tense, character-driven and with Guy Pearce in one of his strongest roles since Memento.
  • September 8, 2009
    Another mystical, strange movie. Guy Pearce is starting to become recognizable to me - he's been in many movies I've seen. Piper Perabo (Coyote Ugly) is also in this.
  • August 14, 2009
    Unsatisfying. Seemed like it might have been recut at some point. Suffered drastic changes in theme and story. I was expecting the end to be a big payoff and it was really nothing new.
  • July 5, 2009
    Last Viewed: 27/06/2009
  • March 4, 2009
    Great cast and a not so great story.
  • January 19, 2009
    it started out alright, but then just went down hill from there =/

Critic Reviews


April 7, 2007
Moira MacDonald, Seattle Times

[Pearce maintains] our interest even as the film, in its final half hour, seems to take a few wrong turns on the highway. full review

March 26, 2007
Pete Hammond, Maxim

First rate, incredibly intense and unrelenting thriller guaranteed to keep you on the edge of your seat. full review

March 24, 2007
Edward Havens, FilmJerk.com

It's quite admirable of Guy Pearce to try and eschew a Hollywood career, [but] if he keeps making films like First Snow... full review

March 23, 2007
Kurt Loder, MTV

"First Snow" leaves you with faintly haunting thoughts, which is nice -- one's always thankful for that rare movie that leaves you with any thoughts at all. full review

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