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Frozen River

2008

Courtney Hunt

Melissa Leo, Misty Upham, Charlie McDermott, Michael O'Keefe, Mark Boone Junior

6.8

5,864

Drama Two days before Christmas in rural upstate New York, Ray Eddy’s husband has left her in an impossible situation—not only is he gone, but he has gambled away all of the family’s meager savings. Ray’s single wage at the Yankee One Dollar Store can’t make the house payment, and the situation forces Ray to feed her two sons popcorn and Tang every day. When Ray strikes out to search for her husband, she encounters Lila Littlewolf, a tough, ... [+]

	Author	Review
United States	Claudia Puig USA Today	"A Sundance hit that is both absorbing and bleak, Frozen River is anchored by powerful performances, believable scenarios and excellent writing."	POS
United States	Ann Hornaday The Washington Post	"Made with uncommon skill and assurance, the film never succumbs to rank sentimentality, but it manages to get at the nuances of human relationships."	POS
United States	Ty Burr Boston Globe	"'Frozen River' does what too many independent American movies only pretend to do: Takes you to an unnoticed corner of our country and shows what it's like to actually live there."	POS
United States	Robert Koehler Variety	"Hunt finely balances a subtly staged character study with a tale that grows increasingly tense"	POS
United Kingdom	Peter Bradshaw The Guardian	"Leo and Upham give performances of great conviction and the film is bold and uncliched (...) Rating: ★★★★ (out of 5)"	POS
United Kingdom	David Jenkins Time Out	"Occasionally marred by contrivance and a crude internal logic that doesn’t bear close scrutiny, ‘Frozen River’ works best as a knuckle-gnawing, blue-collar genre thriller"	NEU
United Kingdom	Wendy Ide The Times	"'Frozen River' represents one of the best examples of the new trend for austerity and social realism in American indie cinema."	POS

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