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Frozen River

Melissa Leo (Actor), Misty Upham (Actor), Courtney Hunt (Director) Rated:

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Genre	Drama, Crime
Format	Multiple Formats, AC-3, Color, Dolby, NTSC, Subtitled, Widescreen
Contributor	Cristal Dennis, Scott Chan, Donna Jacobs, John Vanvalkenburg, Wilfred David, Adam Lukens, Jay Klaitz, Nancy Wu, David See, Maria Garrant, Chip Hourihan, Nicole Clukey, Sylvester Watson, Dino, Mary Favreau, Justin Kotyk, Crystal Shade, Jane Mooney, Donna David, Hugette Dubuque, Brittany Leborgne, Betty Ouyang, Scott Beebie, Larry Joiner, Jonathan Vanvalkenburg, Joe Clukey, Linda Dombrowski, Paul Borst, James Phillips, Cameron Jersey, Carrie Watson, Frozen River, LLC, David Jersey, Courtney Hunt, Michael Sky, Tom Messner, Trisha Sky, Angus Curotte, Patrice Jersey, Betty Deer, Melissa-Jean Deer, John Conroy, Ruth Dixon, Heather Rae, Trudy Rice, Craig Shilowich, Jack Phillips, Mark Boone Junior, Joey Chanlin, Rajesh Bose, Natalie Dame, Walter Mooney, Misty Upham, Daniel Dame, Cecile Stone, Madelyn Cross, Jacob Guerin, Gargi Shinde, Donna Dame, Meaghan Hollo, Brian Lashway, Catherine Deer, Azin Jahanbakhsh, Charlie McDermott, Priscilla Dennis, Pat Fisher, Raymond Devins, Michael O'Keefe, Joseph McLean, Nancy Russell, Thahnhahténhtha Gilbert, Brittany Dennis, Elizabeth Martineau, Dylan Carusona, Kenneth Fung, Josie White, Melissa Leo, Gary Hemingway, Donnell Dame, Angelina Kent, Konwenni Jacobs, Pun Bandhu, John Canoe, Sherry Drinkwine, Esther Devins, James Reilly, Summer Dame, Jessica Rock, Darleen Thompson See more
Language	English
Runtime	1 hour and 33 minutes

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Life in Massena is as harsh and barren as the frigid landscape. In this bleak terrain, two hardened single mothers are trying to make lives for their children. Lila is a widowed Mohawk whose mother-in-law "stole" her newborn son a year ago. Ray is a mother of two whose gambling-addicted husband just left town with the down payment for their new trailer home. Faced with little opportunity to make ends meet, Ray and Lila embark on an illegal venture transporting immigrants into the U.S. across Mohawk territory. With the money for the down payment within Ray's grasp, the women are determined to make one last run. When circumstances spiral out of control, the two women must make life or death decisions based on their friendship and love for their children.

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When her husband runs off with the payment for their new home, Ray (Melissa Leo, The Three Burials of Melquiades Estrada) turns to crime to keep herself and her two sons afloat. A chance encounter with Lila (Misty Upham, Edge of America), an equally desperate young Mohawk woman, leads Ray to smuggling illegal immigrants by driving across the frozen Hudson River onto tribal land. But with every trip, things go wrong in small and not-so-small ways, until Ray finds herself pushed into a more desperate corner than ever before. Leo delivers a gritty, restrained, but richly compelling performance; her raw face, beautiful but worn down by life, radiates a weary defiance. Frozen River has scenes as tense as any Hollywood thriller, but so grounded in the fully developed characters of these two women that the taut suspense grips the full spectrum of your emotions. This is an impressive debut by writer/director Courtney Hunt, featuring excellent supporting performances by Charlie McDermott (The Ten) as Ray's unhappy oldest son and Michael O'Keefe (The Great Santini) as a suspicious state trooper. --Bret Fetzer

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Aspect Ratio ‏ : ‎ 1.78:1
Is Discontinued By Manufacturer ‏ : ‎ No
MPAA rating ‏ : ‎ R (Restricted)
Product Dimensions ‏ : ‎ 7.5 x 5.5 x 0.75 inches; 2.4 Ounces
Item model number ‏ : ‎ 5068374
Director ‏ : ‎ Courtney Hunt
Media Format ‏ : ‎ Multiple Formats, AC-3, Color, Dolby, NTSC, Subtitled, Widescreen
Run time ‏ : ‎ 1 hour and 33 minutes
Release date ‏ : ‎ February 10, 2009
Actors ‏ : ‎ Melissa Leo, Misty Upham, Charlie McDermott, Michael O'Keefe, Mark Boone Junior
Subtitles: ‏ : ‎ French
Producers ‏ : ‎ Heather Rae, Chip Hourihan
Language ‏ : ‎ Unqualified
Studio ‏ : ‎ Sony Pictures Home Entertainment
ASIN ‏ : ‎ B001KEHAG2
Number of discs ‏ : ‎ 1

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rocky1254

Great story

Reviewed in the United States 🇺🇸 on August 23, 2022

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I am of some native descent and I like any stories that include native actors. Sadly the main native character has died in real life but she played a good role in this movie. I bought the movie so that I could watch it over and over again at my leisure.

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Annie Davenport

Frozen River - Perfect metaphor to speak toward the lives of the people in this movie

Reviewed in the United States 🇺🇸 on July 25, 2021

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Not only does a frozen river play the title role, but the title also is symbolic of the lives of the people who live in this harsh, unforgiving, economically crushed little town where Bingo is the only place to maybe win a few bucks. These people, just like the Frozen River, are stuck fast without hope of fluid movement. They can't move forward. Like frozen water, they are where they are unable to thaw their lives even just a bit to move forward. Stuck. There are no opportunities for gainful employment.

In order to feed and provide for her children, Ray, whose husband ran off with the down payment for a new mobile home, finally resorts to helping a young Mohawk tribal woman smuggle illegals across the Frozen River in the trunk of her car. Ray is not a criminal, however, her children are reduced to eating popcorn and Tang. What's a mom to do? She's going to do whatever she has to do, which is what Ray finally swallows hard and realizes that smuggling is her only way out.

The script is very well written, the director and the entire cast do a superb and very convincing job of bringing the script to life. The tension begins right from the opening scene and continues to build throughout the rest of the movie. The only relief comes right at the end of the last scene. The tension is relentless, just as hopelessness in this small town is relentless.

When I was a young kid, sometimes the only thing in the house to eat was ketchup. We kids almost always went to bed hungry. Our only reliable meal was lunch at school because we all qualified for lunch cards. I saw the desperation in my parent's eyes, heard it in their voices, saw it in their actions. My big, strapping daddy welding at night and selling Fuller Brush by day. He hated selling, but he hated the hungry cries of his children even more. There was no welfare or food stamp programs back then. Just like Ray, my parents had to do what they had to do. I won't go into particulars, but for me, this movie was an 8 millimeter re-run.

This movie is real life. Millions of people live this life everyday. For several years, I lived it when I was a young girl. At the age of 9, I vowed this would not be my life as an adult.

You'll enjoy this movie because the actors don't 'act' but they immerse themselves in the deep emotions that people who do live this life feel. It translates off the screen and hits you plumb in your heart. You'll be on the edge of your seat and holding your breath the whole time, right up to Ray's 'one last time'.

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Can a review do this gem of a film justice?

Reviewed in the United States 🇺🇸 on February 15, 2009

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I ask in the title of this review if a review of this film can really do justice, and I'm just not sure. I'll try, but perhaps the best review of this film would be the simple sentence:

See this gem of a film.

Melissa Leo has been (in my not so humble opinion) deservedly nominated for an Academy Award for her work in this film. Her co-star hasn't been mentioned for awards (at least not that I've noticed), but she (Misty Upham) too has done excellent work here.

Frozen River is a story of two desperate women. Ray Eddy (Leo) has been abandoned by her husband, a gambling addict that has run off with the money that was needed to pay for delivery of her family's new double wide mobile home. After discovering that he's gone, she goes off in search of him or at least, hopefully, the car and money that he left home with. She finds the car fairly quickly, but just as she does the car -- with keys still inside it -- is stolen by Lila (Upham). Ray isn't to be deterred, so she follows Lila and the car to her camping trailer where she confronts Lila and gets the car keys back. Ray tries to tow her own car home, but fails miserably in her effort. As she tries to think through the situation, Lila tells her that she knows someone that would buy the car if she wanted to sell it. Desperate for cash, Ray and Lila set off towards what could be some of the cash Ray needs so badly.

Of course things couldn't go so easily and Ray finds out quickly that there's more to Lila than simply taking cars that have keys in them. Lila involves Ray in a smuggling operation, where the smuggling is of people across the Canadian/U.S. border.

Over the course of the film, we see both women form a bond, grounded in each's desperation to care for their families. Can they make enough money to take care of their needs before they are caught? Can they make it across the border (on the frozen river) safely even as the temperature heats up around them?

Frozen River is a fascinating story that is very well acted. It deserves the accolades that it has garnered, and it deserves to be viewed. Does it deserve a purchase? I can't say for sure there, as it seems to be a film that might not be one that most people would rewatch. The subject matter is sad and depressing, and the film itself spends much of the time on the screen showing life in a mobile home and/or showing us the two stars riding in the car across the river (meaning that it's not a scenic tour de force). Probably best as a rental, but most certainly worth seeing and savoring.

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Nora Walters

best of all since we are so on their side

Reviewed in the United Kingdom 🇬🇧 on September 8, 2014

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A story of the lengths to which people in poverty will go to try to improve their lot, this film is perfectly cast with actors who are spot on for the parts. I wonder how the production team found them - or were the parts written especially for them? I should research that! Portrayed utterly without glamour, the cramped family home, the kids left home whilst their mother tried to earn enough to improve their lot, the dodgy cars, the longings and frustrations and dangers are all to be found in this film. And the frozen river itself! If ever a location provided nail biting tension, this was it! Then, best of all since we are so on their side, the characters and their unlikely new friend from the reservation are rewarded with a happy ending. Great stuff!.

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cookbookaholic

Very good movie

Reviewed in the United Kingdom 🇬🇧 on September 2, 2011

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I think it's much harder to review movies than cookbooks because movies are much more subjective in their purpose... I chose this movie after listening to an interview with Melissa Leo on NPR Fresh Air (podcast/US national public radio program), following the release of The Fighter.

Frozen River is a small production movie about a woman who finds herself in a difficult financial situation and resorts to people smuggling to help make ends meet.

I liked the movie for the character development and the treatment of the issues and differences each protagonist dealt with.

I thought the ending was appropriate and balanced, even if in hind thought, perhaps to be expected.

I would watch it again.

The actresses performances are very good, and Leo deserved the attention she received for this film.

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Angelbythewater

Gritty and enthralling

Reviewed in the United Kingdom 🇬🇧 on March 17, 2011

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Gripping film, with very engaging characters. The relationship between the two main characters is well crafted and both actors are superb.

The bleak setting is perfect and really adds to the ambience of the film. The undercurrent tensions of multi-cultural communities are brilliantly, yet subtly illustrated.

Really engaging film.

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Ian B

didn't think it would be for me - wrong again.

Reviewed in the United Kingdom 🇬🇧 on September 11, 2010

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This is a great film. I bought it on the basis of the reviews as many reviewers on Amazon provide a useful guide as to quality in my view. Some are mad mind so use your loaf. Anyway, brilliant acting, great locations, gritty and in some respects a touch depressing. Worth a watch.

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JOJO

The owner liked it. A bleak tale

Reviewed in the United Kingdom 🇬🇧 on February 18, 2017

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Bought this for a present. The owner liked it. A bleak tale,I thought, amateurish acting by some.Not my cup of tea.

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