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
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