Frozen River (2008)

Director:

Courtney Hunt

Writer:

Courtney Hunt (writer)

Release Date:

31 October 2008 (Venezuela)

Genre:

Drama

Plot:

Takes place in the days before Christmas near a little-known border crossing on the Mohawk reservation between New York State and Quebec...

Plot Keywords:

Crime | Quebec | New York State

Awards:

4 wins

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Cast

Melissa Leo	...	Ray Eddy
Misty Upham	...	Lila
Michael O'Keefe	...	Trooper Finnerty
Mark Boone Junior	...	Jacques Bruno
Charlie McDermott	...	T.J.
James Reilly	...	Ricky
Dylan Carusona	...	Jimmy
Jay Klaitz	...	Guy Versailles
Michael Sky	...	Billy Three Rivers
John Canoe	...	Bernie Littlewolf
Nancy Wu	...	Chen Li - Chinese Girl
rest of cast listed alphabetically:
Pun Bandhu	...	Chinese Man #1
Rajesh Bose	...	Pakistani Father
Joey Chanlin	...	Chinese Trafficker
Thahnhahténhtha Gilbert	...	Little Jake
Adam Lukens	...	Mitch
Betty Ouyang	...	Li Wei - Chinese Girl
Craig Shilowich	...	Matt
Gargi Shinde	...	Pakistani Mother

MPAA:

Rated R for some language.

Runtime:

97 min

Country:

USA

Language:

English | French

Color:

Color

Aspect Ratio:

1.85 : 1

Certification:

USA:R

Filming Locations:

New York, USA

Company:

Cohen Media Group

Bleak But Satisfying Indie Flick w/ Interesting Ending

Frozen River is not a glamorous Hollywood film. It's a bleak indie film about struggling to survive.

I found it well written with strong performances by Melissa Leo & Charlie McDermott.

The movie was very moody with some intense scenes and generated a strong emotional response for me. The setting and simple production worked very well with the atmosphere of the story.

And, not to give away anything...the ending is "satisfying" without tying up things impossibly neat or without being too predictable.

I feel the current average rating as of writing this review is not close to being appropriate. Perhaps there is some conspiracy as all of the films listed in the Sundance Dramatic Competition have a huge number of 2 ratings, many more 2's than any other rating. It seems a bit weird to be a coincidence that majority of ratings for these new films would all be 2. See for yourself by clicking on the rating details of each of the films listed at: http://www.imdb.com/Sections/Awards/Sundance_Film_Festival/2008